Living in a material world : economic sociology meets science and technology studies /

This book draws on the tools of science and technology studies and economic sociology to reconceptualize the intersection of economy and technology, suggesting materiality - the idea that social existence involves not only actors and social relations but also objects - as the theoretical point of co...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pinch, Trevor, 1952-, Swedberg, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:Inside technology
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book draws on the tools of science and technology studies and economic sociology to reconceptualize the intersection of economy and technology, suggesting materiality - the idea that social existence involves not only actors and social relations but also objects - as the theoretical point of convergence.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 403 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262281607
0262281600
9781435691858
1435691857
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262162524.001.0001