The entrepreneurial ethic and the spirit of consumerism: Finances and strategy in the US consumer movement

The Expert Consumer: Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 151-166

  Mayer, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 85087257614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315239736-10     Document Type: Chapter

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