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From WILL - Focus - May 07, 2009

Beardstown, Illinois:  the Multiculturalization of a Rural Town

With Faranak Miraftab, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning)

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Categories: Agriculture, Business, Race/Ethnicity, Urban Planning
Tags: race-ethnicity, urban planning, agriculture, labor-worker issues, work, assimilation

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