Fashion as viscous knowledge: Fashion's role in shaping trans-national garment production

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-66

  Weller, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Fashion industries; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33845873092     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbl015     Document Type: Article

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