Scales of place and networks: An ethnography of the imperative to connect through information and communications technologies

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 805-826

  Green, Sarah ^a   Harvey, Penny ^a   Knox, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748697015     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432649     Document Type: Review

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