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Taxis vs. Uber : courts, markets, and technology in Buenos Aires /

"In 2015, Juan M. del Nido went on hundreds of taxi rides in Buenos Aires, conducting ethnographic work on the taxi industry. But by mid-April 2016, Uber launched its platform in Buenos Aires, engulfing drivers, passengers, the press, and greater general public into a frenzied hysteria that inv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Del Nido, Juan M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : a storm blowing from paradise -- The terms of engagement -- An intractable question -- A most perfect kind of hustling -- On gladiatorial truths -- The stranger that stays as such -- A Copernican phantasmagoria -- The political on trial -- The scarlet P. 
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