Representation is futile? American anti-collectivism and the borg

To Seek Out New Worlds: Science Fiction and World Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 143-167

  Jackson, Patrick Thaddeus ^a   Nexon, Daniel H ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85014241992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403982087     Document Type: Chapter

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