'The modern shopping experience': Kingsway department store and consumer politics in Ghana

Africa

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 368-392

  Murillo, Bianca ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INVESTMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; POST-COLONIALISM; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84864453331     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972012000290     Document Type: Article

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