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050 0 0 _aT14.5.V67 2017
090 _aT14.5.V67 2017
100 1 _aVolti, Rudi.
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245 1 0 _aSociety and technological change /
_cRudi Volti.
250 _aEightth edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bWorth Publishers,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _axv, 448 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart one. Defining . The nature of technology ; Winners and losers : the differential effects of technological change -- part two. The process of technological change. The sources of technological change ; Scientific knowledge and technological advance ; The diffusion of technology -- part three How technology affects the health of earth and its inhabitants. Technology, energy, and the environment ; Medical technologies ; Genetic technologies -- part four. Technology and the transformation of work. Work in nonindustrial societies ; Technology and jobs : more of one and less of the other? ; Technological changes and life on the job -- part five. Communication. Printing ; The electronic media : from the telegraph to television ; The Internet age -- part six. The tools of destruction. Weapons and their consequences ; The era of smart weapons ; How new weapons emerge- and how they may be contained -- part seven. The shaping and control of technology. Technology and its creators : who's in charge of whom? ; Organizations and technological change ; Governing technology.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
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650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_xSocial aspects.
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650 7 _aTechnological innovations
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