The Country in the Town: The Role of Real Estate Developers in the Construction of the Meaning of Place.

Perkins, Harvey C.

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ERIC Number: EJ397016

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Country in the Town: The Role of Real Estate Developers in the Construction of the Meaning of Place.

Perkins, Harvey C.

Journal of Rural Studies, v5 n1 p61-74 1989

Examines the process by which real estate developers construct rural images of urban places, exploit anti-urban, pro-rural, and pro-community sentiments, and commodify and appropriate the established meanings of places. Uses Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as a case study. Contains 47 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Advertising, Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Cultural Images, Qualitative Research, Real Estate, Urbanization

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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