Demolition for Development: A Critical Analysis of Official Urban Imaginaries in Past and Present UK Cities

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-176

  Mah, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858325814     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: 14676443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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