Come downtown & play

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-277

  Silk, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritage; Late capitalism; Power struggles; Urban space

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; LEISURE INDUSTRY; POWER RELATIONS;

MEMPHIS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250635942     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360601053889     Document Type: Article

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