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The social construction of technological systems : new directions in the sociology and history of technology

Bijker, W.E. et alBijker, Wiebe E.(Edited by)Hughes, Thomas P.(Edited by)Pinch, Trevor(Edited by)
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The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakable.

The influence of society on technology is more subtle.

The 13 essays in this book draw on a wide array of case studies from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15thA century Portugal to today's AI labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology.

Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions.

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MIT Press
0262521377 / 9780262521376
Paperback
303.483
01/01/1989
United States
English
x, 405 p. : ill.
23 cm
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Reprint. Selected conference papers. Originally published: 1987.