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The art of (self)legitimization: how private museums help their founders claim legitimacy as elite actors (自我)合法化的艺术:私人博物馆如何帮助其创始人宣称作为精英演员的合法性

2区经济学

Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-09-10 DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwad051

Kristina Kolbe

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