STRUCTURAL POWER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARKETS: THE CASE OF RHYTHM AND BLUES

Comparative Social Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2003, Pages 147-201

  Dowd, Timothy J ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6310(03)21006-1     Document Type: Review

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