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From number to name: symbolic capital, places of memory and the politics of street renaming in New York City

Du numéro au nom: le capital symbolique, les lieux de mémoire, et les aspects politiques liés à la modification du nom des rues de la Ville de New York

De número a nombre: capital simbólica, lugares de memoria y la política de renombrar las calles en la ciudad de Nueva York

Pages 431-452 | Published online: 21 Sep 2009

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