Invisible mediators of action: Classification and the ubiquity of standards

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 147-163

  Bowker, Geoffrey C ^a   Star, Susan Leigh ^a  

^a School of Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 34250176815     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10749039.2000.9677652     Document Type: Article

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