Emotions after dark - A sociological impression of the 2003 New York blackout

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Yuill, Chris ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotions; Fl nerie; Modernity; New York; Reflexivity; Urban Experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444380895     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.918     Document Type: Review

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