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Special Section: Race and the Cultural Spaces of Neoliberalism

“Diversity” on Main Street? Branding Race and Place in the New “Majority-Minority” Suburbs

Pages 458-486 | Received 18 Jan 2010, Accepted 09 Jul 2010, Published online: 24 Nov 2010

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