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200 10$aGlobal technological change$b[electronic resource] $efrom hard technology to soft technology /$fZhouying Jin ; translated by Kelvin W. Willoughby and Ying Bai
205   $a2nd ed.
210   $aBristol, UK ;$aChicago, USA $cIntellect$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (368 p.)
300   $a"Translated from the second Chinese edition published by Peking University Press in Beijing, July 2010".
311   $a1-84150-376-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aFront 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
330   $aThis 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 provides a much-needed understanding of the human dimension of technological advancement. Through a theoretical framework that incorporates elements of both Eastern and Western philosophy, she offers insight into the dynamic between the two as it relates to a variety of technological innovations. More relevant than ever, Global Techno
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