Capital's need to sell and black economic development

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 961-978

  Wilson, Bobby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

black economy; capital; commodity exchange; consumer

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866691292     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.7.961     Document Type: Article

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