Key West's Conch Republic: Building sovereignties of connection

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 283-295

  Steinberg, Philip E ^a   Chapman, Thomas E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conch Republic; Florida; Key West; Queer theory; Sovereignty; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE BUILDING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; KEY WEST; KEY WEST ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350001588     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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