Reconciling economic and cultural explanations for participation in alternative consumption spaces

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-148

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Paddock, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Cultural turn; Economic geography; England; Leicester

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 12144253933     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2003.00137.x     Document Type: Review

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