Editor's introduction

Key Thinkers for the Information Society

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  May, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071109923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203217818-7     Document Type: Chapter

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