| Sensing Changes: Technologies, Environments, and the Everyday, 1953-2003 Contributor(s): Parr, Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774817240 ISBN-13: 9780774817240 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.209 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.06" W x 8.96" (1.01 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Our bodies are archives of sensory knowledge that shape how we understand the world. If our environment changes at an unsettling pace, how will we make sense of a world that is no longer familiar? One of Canada's premier historians tackles this question by exploring situations in the recent past where state-driven megaprojects and regulatory and technological changes forced ordinary people to cope with transformations that were so radical that they no longer recognized their home and workplaces or, by implication, who they were. In concert with a ground-breaking, creative, and analytical website, megaprojects.uwo.ca, this timely study offers a prescient perspective on how humans make sense of a rapidly changing world. |