'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods.

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'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?' : Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods. / Langkjær, Michael Alexander.

In: Textile History, Vol. 41, 2010, p. 182-213.

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Harvard

Langkjær, MA 2010, ''Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods.', Textile History, vol. 41, pp. 182-213. https://doi.org/10.1179/174329510X12646114289824

APA

Langkjær, M. A. (2010). 'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods. Textile History, 41, 182-213. https://doi.org/10.1179/174329510X12646114289824

Vancouver

Langkjær MA. 'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods. Textile History. 2010;41:182-213. https://doi.org/10.1179/174329510X12646114289824

Author

Langkjær, Michael Alexander. / 'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?' : Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods. In: Textile History. 2010 ; Vol. 41. pp. 182-213.

Bibtex

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