Sign Consumption in the 19th-Century Department Store: An Examination of Visual Merchandising in the Grand Emporiums (1846-1900)

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-371

  Parker, Ken W ^a  

^a University of Technology

Author keywords

children; crime; discourse analysis; fear; parents; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844512834     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004869003394003     Document Type: Article

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