Narrowing the digital divide: The potential and limits of the US community technology movement

The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 319-338

  Servon, Lisa J ^a   Pinkett, Randal D ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84896145583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845421663.00027     Document Type: Chapter

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