Right to the suburb? rethinking lefebvre and immigrant activism

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-208

  Carpio, Genevieve ^a   Irazábal, Clara ^b   Pulido, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 79955012055     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2010.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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