Las Vegas in Africa

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Hall, Martin ^a   Bombardella, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consumption; Heritage; Las Vegas; South Africa; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244464669     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605305050141     Document Type: Review

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