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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812138503321

Titolo

The social life of nanotechnology / / edited by Barbara Herr Harthorn and John W. Mohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-25810-8

0-203-10647-4

1-136-25811-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; ; 18

Classificazione

SCI075000SCI050000SOC026000

Altri autori (Persone)

HarthornBarbara Herr <1951->

MohrJohn

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Nanotechnology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Constructing the field of nanotechnology: the social origins of nanotechnology -- pt. II. Controlling the field: the role of public policies, market systems, scientific labor, and globalization in nanotechnology -- pt. III. Contesting the field: knowledge, power, and reflexivity in the construction of nanotechnology.

Sommario/riassunto

"This volume shows how nanotechnology takes on a wide range of socio-historically specific meanings in the context of globalization, across multiple localities, institutions and collaborations, through diverse industries, research labs, and government agencies and in a variety of discussions within the public sphere itself. It explores the early origins of nanotechnologies; the social, economic, and political organization of the field; and the cultural and subjective meanings ascribed to nanotechnologies in social settings"--