Time scales of consumption: Children, money and transactional orders

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-404

  Ruckenstein, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

childhood; children; discourse; exchange; money; thrift; time scales; transactional orders

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751664583     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540510376904     Document Type: Article

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