African Americans' search for "more for less" and "peace of mind" on the exurban frontier

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-90

  Pfeiffer, Deirdre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNER CITY AREA; MIGRATION; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION GROWTH; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN HOUSING; VIOLENCE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856473008     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.1.64     Document Type: Article

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