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Autore |
Qiu Jack Linchuan <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Working-class network society : communication technology and the information have-less in urban China / / Jack Linchuan Qiu |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29296-3 |
1-282-24032-3 |
9786612240324 |
0-262-25507-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Information revolution and global politics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information technology - China |
Telecommunication - China |
Diffusion of innovations - China |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-296) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; I Networks Materialized; 2 Internet Cafés; 3 Going Wireless; II The People of Have-Less; 4 Migrants; 5 Young and Old; III A New Working Class in the Making; 6 Places and Community; 7 Life and Death; 8 Reflections; Afterword; Methodological Appendix; Internet Resources; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an examination of how the availability of low-end information and communication technology has provided a basis for the emergence of a working-class network society in China. |
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