Bridging the technology gap: Building a development model for rural Alaska

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-77

  Dinero, Steven C ^a   Mariotz, Elizabeth ^a   Bhagat, Parimal ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; GLOBALIZATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; RURAL AREA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347405452     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873630709478211     Document Type: Article

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