Wired people in wired places: Stories about machines and the geography of activity

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1365-1381

  Buliung, Ron N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Metageography; Mobility; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MACHINERY; MOBILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052886606     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.583568     Document Type: Article

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