For science, love and money: The social worlds of poultry and rabbit breeding in britain, 1900-1940

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 919-936

  Marie, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Commerce; Fancying; Trading zones; Translators

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; POULTRY; RABBIT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COMMERCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; POULTRY; RABBITS;

EID: 56249132179     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312708098608     Document Type: Article

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