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Follow the money: cultural patronage and urban elite geographies

David BassensDepartment of Geography, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bas van HeurDepartment of Geography, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Maëlys WaiengnierDepartment of Geography, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4209-7245
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Pages 719-746 | Received 04 Mar 2017, Accepted 03 Mar 2018, Published online: 15 Mar 2018

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