Cars, the customs service, and sumptuary rule in neoliberal ghana

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-453

  Chalfin, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; COMMODITY; IMPORT; MARKET TRANSITION; NEOLIBERALISM;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 42349088714     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417508000194     Document Type: Article

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