The wrong kind of nickel madness: Pricing problems for Pittsburgh nickelodeons

Cinema Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-96

  Aronson, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 33746110911     PISSN: 00097101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cj.2002.0019     Document Type: Review

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