The role of ethnicity in the geography of consumption

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-415

  Lo, Lucia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption; Ethnic businesses; Ethnic marketing; Ethnicity culture; Grocery shopping

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; ETHNICITY; MARKETING; MULTICULTURALISM; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN REGION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 69249205686     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.4.391     Document Type: Article

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