Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

The article reviews the book Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. 377 pp. $ 29.95 (ISBN 0-262-02461-1), by Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star.

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Main Author:	Elizabeth R. Lorbeer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Alberta Library 2000-02-01
Series:	Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:	https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1795
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