Fueling Capitalism: Oil, the Regulation Approach, and the Ecology of Capital

Economic Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-194

  Huber, Matt ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fordism; Oil; Regulation approach

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FORDISM; OIL; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875804001     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecge.12006     Document Type: Article

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