Water and technoscientific state formation in California

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-516

  Carroll, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; heterogeneous assemblage; obligatory passage point; ontology of technoscientific state; Sacramento Valley; swampland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864019974     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712437977     Document Type: Article

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