Introduction: Consumption and cultural change in contemporary China

Consuming China: Approaches to Cultural Change in Contemporary China

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-21

  Latham, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203641842     Document Type: Chapter

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