The cultural uses of consumption: Negotiating class, gender, and nation in the ottoman urban centers during the 19th century

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-101

  Exertzoglou, Haris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GENDER RELATIONS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 0037308254     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743803000047     Document Type: Article

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