William Wresch (35 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Disconnected : Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age, Wresch, William C., Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press, 1996, 268p, trade pb, bumped/scuffed covers, text clean/tanning, solid binding.4.50.

Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 688 p. Very good. light shelfwear, po bookplate, couple of small bookstore stickers.

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Text appears to be clean, some minor shelf ware, corners are creased, back cover some creasing. Size: 24 cm. 600 pp. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; Communication of technical information.; ISBN: 013898669X. ISBN/EAN: 9780138986698. Dewey Code: 808.0666 20. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561001809. …

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In the Information Age, information is power. Who produces all that information, how does it move around, who uses it, to what ends, and under what constraints Who gets that power And what happens to the people who have no access to it Disconnected begins with a striking vignette of two men: One is the thriving manager of a company selling personal computers and computer services. The other is just one among thousands of starving laborers. He has no way to find the information that might help him find a job, he cannot afford newspapers, rarely sees television, cannot understand the dialect of local radio broadcasts, will probably never touch a computer. These two men happen to live in Windhoek, Namibia, but this is not a story about Africait is a story that could be repeated almost anywhere in the world, even next door.With vivid anecdotes and data, William Wresch contrasts the opportunities of the information-rich with the limited prospects of the information-poor. Surveying the range of informationpersonal, public, organizational, commercialthat has become the currency of exchange in today's world, he shows how each represents a form of power. He analyzes the barriers that keep people information-poor: geography, tyranny, illiteracy, psychological blinders, "noise," crime. Technology alone, he demonstrates, is not the answer. Even the technology-rich do not always get access to important informationor recognize its value.Wresch spells out the grim consequences of information inequity for individuals and society. Yet he ends with reasons for optimism and stories of people who are working to pull down the impediments to the flow of information.…