Critical Political Economy and Material Transformation

New Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-397

  Hudson, Ray ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automobiles; critical political economy; Marxism; Material transformations; steel

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; COMMODITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STEEL;

EID: 84866885654     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2011.578736     Document Type: Article

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