Sorting things out : classification and its consequences / Geoffrey C. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star.

Title: 
Sorting things out : classification and its consequences / Geoffrey C. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star.

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Author/Artist: 
Bowker, Geoffrey C.
Publisher: 
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Description: 
xii, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Other Authors: 
Star, Susan Leigh, 1954-
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Classification.
Bib ID: 
66642
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
BD175.B78
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-365 ) and indexes.
An investigation of classification systems and their effect on the modern world, including the International Classification of Diseases, race classification under apartheid in South Africa, and the classification of viruses and of tuberculosis.
ISBN: 
0262024616 (alk. paper)
Series: 
Inside technology