Bijker, We

The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

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ISBN 13:
9780262517607
author:
Bijker, We
format:
Paperback
publisher:
MIT Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2012
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
15.2 x 2 x 22.9 cm
Genre:
History, Other Historical Subjects, History of Engineering & Technology
Condition:
New
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£41.55

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The Social Construction of Technological Systems is an anniversary edition of a groundbreaking work that introduced a new approach to studying science, technology, and society. First published in 1987, this influential book launched the social studies of technology field and introduced the social construction of technology method, which has since become a key part of the discipline. The book's thirteen essays explore various technologies, including thirteenth-century galleys, eighteenth-century cooking stoves, and twentieth-century missile systems. These stories demonstrate the value of considering technical, social, economic, and political questions when studying technology, and show how integrating empirics and theory can lead to new insights. Twenty-five years after its publication, this book's ideas remain influential, and it is now difficult to think of a technology that has not been studied from a social construction of technology perspective.

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