The steel plant as assemblage

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-291

  Swanton, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Containment; Cultural economy; Economic geography; Materiality; Steel

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ECONOMY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

EID: 84872485651     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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