Sweet Auburn: Constructing Atlanta's Auburn avenue as a heritage tourist destination

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 573-594

  Inwood, F Joshua ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; Neoliberalism; Racial Heritage Tourism; Symbolic Economy; Urban Redevelopment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ECONOMIC POLICY; HERITAGE TOURISM; NEOLIBERALISM; REDEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650605103     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.5.573     Document Type: Article

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