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Are Social Networks the Ties that Bind Families to Neighborhoods?

Casey J. Dawkins School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 867-881 | Received 01 Feb 2006, Published online: 23 Nov 2006

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