Intercultural rhetoric, technology transfer, and writing in u.S.–mexico border maquilas

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-405

  Thatcher, Barry ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46149094560     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1503_6     Document Type: Article

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