Unequal cities of spectacle and mega-events in China

City

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 728-744

  Shin, Hyun Bang ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accumulation; China; mega events; nationalism; spectacles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874342642     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.734076     Document Type: Article

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