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UNINA9910465520003321 |
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Autore |
Jin Zhouying |
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Titolo |
Global technological change [[electronic resource] ] : from hard technology to soft technology / / Zhouying Jin ; translated by Kelvin W. Willoughby and Ying Bai |
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Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-16263-6 |
9786613162632 |
1-84150-444-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Appropriate technology - Economic aspects |
Appropriate technology - Social aspects |
Technological innovations - Economic aspects |
Technological innovations - Social aspects |
Technology - Economic aspects |
Technology - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Translated from the second Chinese edition published by Peking University Press in Beijing, July 2010". |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface to the English Edition: Theodore Gordon; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: What is Technology?; Chapter 2: Historical Antecedents of Soft Technology; Chapter 3: Soft Technology and Technological Competitiveness; Chapter 4: Soft Technology and Innovation; Chapter 5: Soft Industries; Chapter 6: Soft Technology and the Fourth Generation of Technology Foresight; Postscript: The Principles for Development in the Twenty-first Century - Harmony, Balance, and Coexistence; About the Author; Bibliography; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This revised and updated second edition of ""Global Technological Change"" reconsiders how we make and use technology in the twenty-first century. With human-centred 'soft technology' driving machine-based 'hard technology' in ever more complex ways, Zhouying Jin |
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