Towards a Critical Geography of Gambling Spaces: The Australian Experience

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 33-47

  Young, Martin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; capitalist imperialism; consumo; consumption; economia politica; espacios de juego apuestas; gambling spaces; imperialismo capitalista; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871111245     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861100400302     Document Type: Article

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