The machine to aspire to: The computer in rural south India

First Monday

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pal, Joyojeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84859305016     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v17i2.3733     Document Type: Article

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