The Khrushchev kitchen: Domesticating the scientific-technological revolution

Journal of Contemporary History

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Reid, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1177/0022009405051554     Document Type: Article

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