From rural village to global village: Telecommunications for development in the information age

From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-179

  Hudson, Heather E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203933138     Document Type: Book

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