Public libraries and social capital in three New York City neighbourhoods

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-83

  Gong, Hongmian ^a   Japzon, Andrea C ^b   Chen, Cynthia ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighbourhoods; NewYork City; Public libraries; Social capital; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049086112     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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