Religion and spaces of technology: Constructing and contesting nation, transnation, and place

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 903-918

  Kong, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RELIGION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33744759309     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37215     Document Type: Article

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