Some assembly required: The latourian collective and the banal work of technical and professional communication

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-206

  Rivers, Nathaniel ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149125584     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: 15413780     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/TW.38.3.b     Document Type: Article

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