Playful spaces? A social geography of children's play in Livingston, Scotland

Children's Geographies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-130

  Thomson, Joanne L ^a   Philo, Chris ^b  

^a Kilmarnock Academy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28244461786     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1473328032000168804     Document Type: Article

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