Disaster or sustainability: The dance of human agents with nature's actants

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-266

  Murphy, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 8344222853     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2004.tb00778.x     Document Type: Review

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