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The national computing centre: “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester

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The national computing centre: “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester. / Brook, Richard.
In: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 79, No. 4, 01.12.2020, p. 438-458.

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Brook, R 2020, 'The national computing centre: “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 438-458. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.4.438

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Brook, R. (2020). The national computing centre: “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 79(4), 438-458. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.4.438

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Brook R. The national computing centre: “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 2020 Dec 1;79(4):438-458. doi: 10.1525/jsah.2020.79.4.438

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Brook, Richard. / The national computing centre : “White Heat,” Modernization, and Postwar Manchester. In: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 2020 ; Vol. 79, No. 4. pp. 438-458.

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