Description: Product InformationEngaging 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.Product IdentifiersPublisher Worth Publishers, IncorporatedISBN-10 1319058256ISBN-13 9781319058258eBay Product ID (ePID) 229084534Product Key FeaturesAuthor Rudi VoltiPublication Name Society and Technological ChangeFormat Trade PaperbackLanguage EnglishPublication Year 2017Type TextbookNumber of Pages 488 PagesDimensionsItem Length 9in.Item Height 1in.Item Width 6in.Item Weight 21.6 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification Number T14.5.V67 2017Edition Number 8Table of ContentsPart 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 TechnologyCopyright Date 2017Target Audience College AudienceTopic Social Aspects, Sociology / General, GeneralLccn 2016-955866Dewey Decimal 303.48/3Dewey Edition 23Illustrated YesGenre Technology & Engineering, Social Science Please feel free to ask questions! Color Notes: We strive to get the best photos of the actual color, but it’s possible that the color can vary slightly from the color in the photos due to lighting and computer monitors. If garage-sales interest you, then please visit and follow my Beachday Store (like being on my driveway) to see a wide variety of additional various (many men’s Big & Tall) items of interest. Thank you for looking. Come back again! FREE USPS Media Mail shipping, with tracking.
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ISBN-13: 9781319058258
Book Title: Society and Technological Change
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Features: 8th Edition
Level: Advanced
Number of Pages: 488 Pages
Publication Name: Society and Technological Change
Language: English
Publisher: Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Social Aspects, Sociology / General, General
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Rudi Volti
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
