The half-life of empire in outer space

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 791-825

  Redfield, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ariane; Chakrabarty; French Guiana; Latour; Networks; Space technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038408637     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631270203200508     Document Type: Review

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