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Technology and cultural tectonics : shifting values and meanings /

This book is a uniquely original assessment of the consequences of recent technologies for the conventional meanings, shared values and symbols that constitute culture. As with the geological shifts generated by the earth's tectonic plates, technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring reali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hanson, F. Allan, 1939- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Technology > Social aspects. Technology > Anthropological aspects. Technology and civilization. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.

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