Society and Technological Change

Name: Society and Technological Change
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ISBN: 9781572599529

ISBN-10: 1572599529

ISBN-13: 9781572599529

Edition: 4th 2001

Authors: Rudi Volti

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Book details

List price: $52.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 323
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English




Orientations



The Nature of Technology



Winners and Losers: The Differential Effects of Technological Change



The Process of Technological Change



The Sources of Technological Change



Scientific Knowledge and Technological Advance



The Diffusion of Technology



How Technology Affects the Health of the Earth and Its Inhabitants



Technology, Energy, and the Environment



Medical and Biological Technologies



Technology and the Transformation of Work



Work in Nonindustrial Societies



Technology and Jobs: More of One and Less of the Other?



Technological Change and Life on the Job



Communication



Printing



The Electronic Media



The Tools of Destruction



Weapons and Their Consequences



How New Weapons Emerge--And How They May Be Contained



The Shaping and Control of Technology



Technology and Its Creators: Who's in Charge of Whom?



Organizations and Technological Change



Governing Technology


Index