Changing arts audiences: Capitalizing on omnivorousness

Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 307-342

  Peterson, Richard A ^a   Rossman, Gabriel ^b  

^a University of California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203927502     Document Type: Chapter

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