| Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment of the Telephone Contributor(s): De Sola Pool, Ithiel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0893910481 ISBN-13: 9780893910488 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1982 Annotation: This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. The author's analysis forecasts the effect of the telephone on society and compares it with the reality. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies. It documents a largely unknown piece of the history of American technology and anlayzes the requirements for success in technological forecasting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Computers | Information Technology - Business & Economics |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 82022637 |
| Series: Communication and Information Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. The author's analysis forecasts the effect of the telephone on society and compares it with the reality. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies. It documents a largely unknown piece of the history of American technology and anlayzes the requirements for success in technological forecasting. |
