Storytelling as oral history: Revealing the changing experience of home heating in England

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 137-144

  Goodchild, Barry ^a   Ambrose, Aimee ^a   Maye Banbury, Angela ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic energy; Home heating; Oral history; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020905655     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.009     Document Type: Article

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