Technology and Society
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Technology and Society

A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Technology and Society

A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

About this book

"Technology and Society is a thoroughly researched, insightful sociological analysis of complex issues in the technology / society relationship." - David Long, The King's University College

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Preface
  3. Part I. Human Beings and Technology: Basic Relationships
  4. Chapter 1: Technology as Fate
  5. Chapter 2: Creating Technology
  6. Chapter 3: Technological Diffusion
  7. Part II. Some Consequences of Technology
  8. Chapter 4: Technology and Economic Development
  9. Chapter 5: Technocracy: Class or Culture?
  10. Chapter 6. The D&D of R&D
  11. Chapter 7: Communications: Hot and Cool
  12. Chapter 8: Computer and Culture
  13. Chapter 9: Technology as Second Self
  14. Part III. The Evaluative Dimension
  15. Chapter 10: Ethical Responses to Technology
  16. Chapter 11: Technology, Free Will, Inequality, and Fate
  17. Glossary
  18. Index