Placing alternative consumption: Commodity fetishism in Borough Fine Foods Market, London

Ethical Consumption: A Critical Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-102

  Coles, Benjamin ^a   Crang, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921280667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203867785     Document Type: Chapter

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