| Standards and Their Stories: How Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday Life Contributor(s): Lampland, Martha (Editor), Star, Susan Leigh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801447178 ISBN-13: 9780801447174 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Information Management - Technology & Engineering | Measurement - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 389.6 |
| LCCN: 2008029675 |
| Series: Cornell Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however, social scientists are beginning |
Contributor Bio(s): Lampland, Martha: - Martha Lampland is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of The Object of Labor and coeditor of Altering States. Susan Leigh Star is Research Professor, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University. She is the author of books including Sorting Things Out and editor of The Cultures of Computing.Star, Susan Leigh: - Martha Lampland is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of The Object of Labor and coeditor of Altering States. Susan Leigh Star is Research Professor, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University. She is the author of books including Sorting Things Out and editor of The Cultures of Computing. |