Telling histories of the future: the imaginaries of Indian technoscience

Identities

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 276-293

  Philip, Kavita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlich; Friedman; India; leapfrogging; science; technology

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

INDIA;

EID: 84961211817     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2015.1034129     Document Type: Article

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