Symbolic consumption, signification and the 'lockout' of electric cars, 1885-1914

Business History

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1107-1122

  Ivory, Chris ^a   Genus, Audley ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Business history; Cars; Consumption; Electric vehicles; Lockout; Meaning; Signification; Social change; Technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650405495     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2010.523463     Document Type: Article

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