The digital cloud and the micropolitics of energy

Public Culture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-364

  Carruth, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84899142086     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2392093     Document Type: Note

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