Urban festivals: Geographies of hype, helplessness and hope

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 513-537

  Waitt, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84901156735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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