From number to name: Symbolic capital, places of memory and the politics of street renaming in New York City

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-452

  Rose Redwood, Reuben S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commemoration; New York City; Places of memory; Street naming; Symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PLACE NAME; RACE; SYMBOLISM; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47149116536     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802032702     Document Type: Article

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