Spatial biographies of children's consumption: Market places and spaces of childhood in the 1930s and beyond

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-169

  Cook, Daniel Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Children's geographies; Clothing; Consumer culture; Gender; Retail spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944378206     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14695405030032001     Document Type: Article

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