Blue-collar creativity: Reframing custom-car culture in the imperilled industrial city

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2705-2722

  Warren, Andrew ^a   Gibson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; CLASS; CULTURE; DESIGN; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WOLLONGONG;

EID: 82755167211     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44122     Document Type: Article

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