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Book Title: Integrating The Inner City: The Promise And Perils Of Mixed-...
Number of Pages: 363 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Integrating the Inner City : the Promise and Perils of Mixed-Income Public Housing Transformation
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Development / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social Psychology, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Robert J. Chaskin, Mark L. Joseph
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
