Backpacking’s Run-In with McDonaldization Theory
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عنوان ژورنال: Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2654-413X,2541-2248
DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v4i1.47863