Franchise nations : the future of the nation?

In this paper, I extend the notion of franchise nations, borrowed from Neal Stephenson’s cyberpunk novel Snow Crash (1993), in order to employ it as a device for thinking about the future of the nation. I argue the concept to be particularly well suited for such contemplation because of its sound gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leong, Susan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48202