The residue of uniqueness

Historical Social Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 24-45

  McCarty, Willard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda; Animal; Digital; Human; Humanities; Machine; Residue; Sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985011851     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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