Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization

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Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization. / Kuhn, Katina.
The new middle classes: globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern. ed. / Hellmuth Lange; Lars Meier. Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2009. p. 49-64.

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Harvard

Kuhn, K 2009, Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization. in H Lange & L Meier (eds), The new middle classes: globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, Dordrecht [u.a.], pp. 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_3

APA

Kuhn, K. (2009). Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization. In H. Lange, & L. Meier (Eds.), The new middle classes: globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern (pp. 49-64). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_3

Vancouver

Kuhn K. Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization. In Lange H, Meier L, editors, The new middle classes: globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern. Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 2009. p. 49-64 doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_3

Bibtex

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