Baby boomers, consumption and social change: The bridging generation?

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-122

  Leach, Rebecca ^a   Phillipson, Chris ^a   Biggs, Simon ^a   Money, Annemarie ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; boomers; change; consumption; generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876956210     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2013.771053     Document Type: Article

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