Latinos and incremental construction: A case study of Texas colonias

Dialogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 98-109

  Giusti, Cecilia ^a   Olivares, Miriam ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906602238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203123676     Document Type: Chapter

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