The institutional context of industry consolidation: Radio broadcasting in the United States, 1920-1934

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 467-496

  Lippmann, Stephen ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38549175072     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/86.2.467     Document Type: Article

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