The political economy of academic publishing

Historical Materialism

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 31-60

  Pirie, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Higher education; Intellectual property; Publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549109644     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/146544609X12469428108466     Document Type: Article

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