The journey to work: A historical methodology

Historical Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-109

  Bloomfield, A Victoria ^a   Harris, Richard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; HISTORICAL METHOD; JOURNEY TO WORK; METHODOLOGY; TRAVEL PATTERN;

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EID: 0031446704     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615449709601178     Document Type: Article

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