Better living: Toward a cultural history of a business slogan

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-519

  Shanken, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 232 Wurster Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33750173944     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khl001     Document Type: Review

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