Mega‐events, culture and modernity: Expos and the origins of public culture

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-31

  Roche, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037588102     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286639809358087     Document Type: Article

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