Discourse and display: The modern eye, entrepreneurship, and the cultural transformation of the patchwork quilt

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-490

  Peterson, Karin Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 1142265434     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2003.46.4.461     Document Type: Review

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