On location: American capital and the local labour market in the Vancouver film industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-94

  Coe, Neil M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MEDIA INDUSTRY; TRADE UNION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 0034115092     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00236     Document Type: Article

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