REDEVELOPMENT AND RACE: Planning A Finer City In Postwar Detroit

Thomas, June Manning

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Editorial: Baltimore & London. 1997. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997

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Título
REDEVELOPMENT AND RACE: Planning A Finer City In Postwar Detroit
Autor
Thomas, June Manning
Editorial
Baltimore & London. 1997. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
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1997
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inglés
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080185444X
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9780801854446
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Libro 16 de 75: Creating the North American Landscape
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