Materialism: Trait Aspects of Living in the Material World
Journal of Consumer ResearchPublished 1 December 1985
Russell W. Belk
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Journal Article Materialism: Trait Aspects of Living in the Material World Get access Russell W. Belk Russell W. Belk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 12, Issue 3, December 1985, Pages 265–280, https://doi.org/10.1086/208515 Published: 01 December 1985 Article history Received: 01 January 1985 Revision received: 01 May 1985 Published: 01 December 1985
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