Geographies of the tropical Internet: An overview

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-238

  Warf, Barney ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censorship; Cyberspace; E commerce; Fibre optics; Internet; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; E-COMMERCE; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

EID: 34547464196     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Review

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