"Diversity" on main street? Branding race and place in the new "Majority-Minority" Suburbs

Identities

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-486

  Cheng, Wendy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branding; Identity; Los angeles; Place; Race; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION DENSITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SAN GABRIEL VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649675630     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2010.526880     Document Type: Article

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