Postmodern urbanism disrobed: Or why postmodern urbanism is a dead end for urban geography

Urban Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 403-411

  Sui, Daniel Z ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008814480     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.20.5.403     Document Type: Article

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