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An early version of “Discovering the Divide: Technology and Poverty in the New Economy” first appeared in the International Journal of Communication 10 (2016).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Greene, Daniel, 1973- author.
Title: The promise of access : technology, inequality, and the political economy of hope / Daniel Greene.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020025454 | ISBN 9780262542333 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Digital divide--Washington (D.C.) | Computer literacy--Social aspects--Washington (D.C.) | Knowledge economy--Washington (D.C.) | Poverty--Washington (D.C.) | Technology and state--Washington (D.C.)
Classification: LCC HM851 .G7446 2021 | DDC 303.48/3309753--dc23
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