Consumption, consumer credit and the diffusion of consumer durables

20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 162-179

  Scott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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