Assembling the 'global schoolhouse' in Pacific Asia: The case of Singapore

Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities: New Development Trajectories

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 201-216

  Olds, Kris ^a   Thrift, Nigel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84883909041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203390580     Document Type: Chapter

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