An Ethnography of Numbers

A Companion to Organizational Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 219-235

  Neyland, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Organizational numbers; Recycling system; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886350209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118325513.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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