| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (108 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Technology And Society Reader; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Cases; 1 Community Cannery and Poultry Breeding, Turkey; 2 Water for the Village of Magyikwan, Burma (Myanmar); 3 Barrio Imas Prostitute Rehabilitation, Costa Rica; 4 Lake Victoria-Mara Windmills, Tanzania; 5 Salawe Pump, Tanzania; 6 Single Side Band Radio Communication System, Papua New Guinea; 7 Sugar Syrup Technology, Ghana; 8 Textile Visual Materials, Ghana and Sudan; 9 Tetanus Vaccination; 10 The Baby Killer: Formula Milk; 11 Papa China (Taro) Project, Colombia; 12 Communicating with Pictures, Nepal. |
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Conclusion: Case Studies OverviewGlossary; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
These case studies illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. The text suggests that advanced technology is not always compatible with the different settings in emerging societies with other geographic, economic, social, cultural, and political environments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technology -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Technology. |
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Developing countries. |
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Technology transfer -- Case studies.
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Technology transfer. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Heller, Peter B. Technology and society reader : case studies. Revised edition. Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : University Press of America, Inc., ©2012 100 pages 9780761858270 |
| ISBN |
9780761858287 (electronic book) |
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0761858288 (electronic book) |
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9780761858270 |
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