'Driven to distraction?': Children's experiences of car travel

Mobilities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-76

  Barker, John ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automobility; Cars; Children

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR USE; CHILD; MOBILITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POWER RELATIONS; RESEARCH WORK;

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749101971     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100802657962     Document Type: Article

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