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Book Title: Becoming Beside Ourselves: The Alphabet, Ghosts, And Distrib...
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Becoming Beside Ourselves : the Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Semiotics & Theory, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Computers, Science
Author: Brian Rotman
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
