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| Title: | Technology in Context, 2nd Edition
: Readings in Technology & Society |
| Author: | John Peterson & Elizabeth Shea |
| ISBN: | 1578790093 : 9781578790098 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 175x230mm |
| Pages: | 284 |
| Weight: | .49 Kg. |
| Published: | Eddie Bowers Publishing - December 1999 |
| List Price: | 19.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Impact of science & technology on society |
As critiques of technology, the essays in this book do not identify simple problems nor do they offer simple solutions. But they do offer fresh insights into the complexities of contemporary life. The editors of this book have compiled this group of essays to stimulate discussion, encourage dialogue, and spur on creative approaches to problem solving that is becoming increasingly necessary in our current technological society.
Contents: Artifact/Ideas and Political Culture; Self and Society: The Emerging Biotech Society; The Car Culture; Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?; The Maquiladora Murders; Maquiladoras: The View From Inside; Less Work for Mothers?; Mythinformation; A Special Moment in History; Technology as Masculine Culture; Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered; Thomas Jefferson and a Democratic Technology; The Tragedy of the Commons; Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals; Women and the Assessment of Technology; The Social Perception of Environmental Problems in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso: A Dissonant Chorus and in Many Languages.
