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Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy. / Shove, Elizabeth; Walker, Gordon; Brown, Sam.
In: Journal of Material Culture, Vol. 19, No. 2, 06.2014, p. 113-124.

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Shove, E, Walker, G & Brown, S 2014, 'Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy', Journal of Material Culture, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183514525084

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Shove, E., Walker, G., & Brown, S. (2014). Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy. Journal of Material Culture, 19(2), 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183514525084

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Shove E, Walker G, Brown S. Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy. Journal of Material Culture. 2014 Jun;19(2):113-124. Epub 2014 Mar 5. doi: 10.1177/1359183514525084

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Shove, Elizabeth ; Walker, Gordon ; Brown, Sam. / Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy. In: Journal of Material Culture. 2014 ; Vol. 19, No. 2. pp. 113-124.

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