From small objects to cars: Consumption expansion in East Asia

The New Middle Classes: Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-115

  Chua, Beng Huat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

East Asia; Family oriented consumption; Regional media flows; State legitimacy; Visual landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953062488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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