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From Redlining to Subprime Lending: How Neighborhood Narratives Mask Financial Distress in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Pages 714-737 | Received 05 Sep 2012, Accepted 18 Jun 2013, Published online: 25 Jul 2013

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