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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mulvin, Dylan, author.
Title: Proxies : the cultural work of standing in / Dylan Mulvin.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] | Series: Infrastructures series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020050161 | ISBN 9780262045148 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Simulation methods—History. | Standardization—Social aspects—History. | Analogy.
Classification: LCC T57.62 .M85 2021 | DDC 003—dc23
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