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BL
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847173
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| Title & Author
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Information technology and society : : a reader /\ edited by Nick Heap [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :: Sage Publications in association with the Open University,, 1995.
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| Series Statement
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Open University
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436 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0803979800
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: 0803979819
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: 9780803979802
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: 9780803979819
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0083979819
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction / Nick Heap -- The Social Shaping of Technology / David Edge -- The Hacker Crackdown: Evolution of the US Telephone Network / Bruce Sterling -- Theorising the IT/Society Relationship / Hughie Mackay -- The Roots of the Information Society Idea / David Lyon -- A Gendered Socio-technical Construction: the Smart House / Ann-Jorunn Berg -- Access and Inequality / Ray Thomas -- Robotics, Automation and a New Industrial Revolution / Paul Kennedy -- The Pursuit of Flexible Specialization in Britain and West Germany / Christel Lane -- Computerized Machine Tools, Manpower Consequences and Skill Utilization: A Study of British and West German Manufacturing Firms / Gert Hartmann, Ian Nicholas, Arndt Sorge and Malcolm Warner -- Technological Change and the Future of Work / Peter Senker -- Technological Change at Work / Ian McLoughlin and Jon Clark -- Do Companies Need Technology-based Training? / David Hawkridge -- Computer Supported Collaborative Learning / Anthony Kaye.
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| Abstract
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This text explores the social and technological issues surrounding the introduction of IT; presents perspectives on the social and technological processes involved in the uses of, control of and access to IT; and examines the assumptions underpinining technological development.
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| Subject
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Information technology-- Social aspects.
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Information technology-- Social aspects.
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Informatiemaatschappij.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/33
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| LC Classification
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T58.5.H43 1995
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HC79.I55I542 1995
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54.80bcl
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71.43bcl
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| Added Entry
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Heap, N. W.
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