From polling station to political station? Politics and the shinkansen

Japan Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-63

  Hood, Christopher P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullet train; Construction; Politics; Railways; Shinkansen; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248035717     PISSN: 09555803     EISSN: 1469932X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09555800500498228     Document Type: Article

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