France enters the information age: A political history of minitel

History and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-119

  Fletcher, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communication; Dirigisme; Networks; Videotex

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748522259     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510220150315     Document Type: Article

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