Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment
Language: English
Published by Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Ablex Pub, 1983, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1983
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- Title
- Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment
- Author
- Pool, Ithiel De Sola
- Publisher
- Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Ablex Pub, 1983, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Half-Leather
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0893910481
- ISBN 13
- 9780893910488
This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. The author's analysis forecasts the effect of the telephone on society and compares it with the reality. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies. It documents a largely unknown piece of the history of American technology and anlayzes the requirements for success in technological forecasting.
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