Culture and commodifictation: Technology and structural power in the early US recording industry

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1/2/3, 2002, Pages 106-140

  Dowd, Timothy J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marketing; Music; New product development; Record industry; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247460770     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330210789979     Document Type: Article

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