Organizing the circus: The engineering of miracles

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-569

  Parker, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carnival; circus; cultural economy; fair; festival; mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955112978     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611403668     Document Type: Article

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