"From coal to cool": The creative class, social capital, and the revitalization of scranton

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-384

  Rich, Meghan Ashlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RENEWAL;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881024993     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2012.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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