Technologies of power : essays in honor of Thomas Parke Hughes and Agatha Chipley Hughes /

This collection explores how technologies become forms of power, how people embed their authority in technological systems, and how the machines and the knowledge that make up technical systems strengthen or reshape social, political, and cultural power. The authors suggest ways in which a more nuan...

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Other Authors:	Hughes, Thomas Parke, Hughes, Agatha C., Allen, Michael Thad, Hecht, Gabrielle
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Technology > History. Technology and state > History. PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book