Caring in Times of Precarity
A Study of Single Women Doing Creative Work in Shanghai
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
Av Chow Yiu Fai
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2019-01-21
- Mått148 x 210 x 28 mm
- Vikt598 g
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePalgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society
- Antal sidor345
- FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
- EAN9783319768977