The epistemology of the suburbs: Knowledge, production, and corporate laboratory design

Critical Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-806

  Rankin, William J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955819613     PISSN: 00931896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655212     Document Type: Review

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