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National Academy of Engineering
Information Technologies and Social Transformation

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This collection of papers by scholars of technology and society, based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include recent developments and likely futures in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and the interaction of information technology with businesses, homes, property rights in information, and various hierarchies of social organization.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 184 ● ISBN 9780309534413 ● Editor Bruce R. Guile ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 1985 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7146629 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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