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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherWorth Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101319058256
ISBN-139781319058258
eBay Product ID (ePID)229084534
Product Key Features
Number of Pages488 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSociety and Technological Change
SubjectSocial Aspects, Sociology / General, General
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorRudi Volti
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number8
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2016-955866
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal303.48/3
Table Of ContentPart 1 Defining Technology 1. The Nature of Technology 2. Winners and Losers: The Differential Effects of Technological Change Part Two The Process of Technological Change 3. The Sources of Technological Change 4. Scientific Knowledge and Technological Advance 5. The Diffusion of Technology Part Three How Technology Affects the Health of the Earth and Its Inhabitants 6. Technology, Energy, and the Environment 7. Medical Technologies 8. Genetic Technologies Part Four Technology and the Transformation of Work 9. Work in Nonindustrial Societies 10. Technology and Jobs: More of One and Less of the Other? 11. Technological Change and Life on the Job Part Five Communication 12. Printing 13. The Electronic Media: From the Telegraph to Television 14. The Internet Age Part Six The Tools of Destruction 15. Weapons and Their Consequences 16. The Era of Smart Weapons* 17. How New Weapons Emerge--And How They May Be Contained Part Seven The Shaping and Control of Technology 18. Technology and Its Creators: Who's in Charge of Whom? 19. Organizations and Technological Change 20. Governing Technology
SynopsisEngaging and insightful, Society and Technological Change introduces the study of society and technology through technology's influence on our daily lives in addition to how it has shaped societies where it's created., Engaging and insightful, Society and Technological Change introduces the study of society and technology through technologys influence on our daily lives in addition to how it has shaped societies where its created.