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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| 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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| Pubblicazione: | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Appropriate technology - Economic aspects |
| Appropriate technology - Social aspects | |
| Technological innovations - Economic aspects | |
| Technological innovations - Social aspects | |
| Technology - Economic aspects | |
| Technology - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | "Translated from the second Chinese edition published by Peking University Press in Beijing, July 2010". |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Global technological change |
| ISBN: | 1-283-16263-6 |
| 9786613162632 | |
| 1-84150-444-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465520003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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