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Information technologies and social transformation

Based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, this collection of papers explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include developments in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and more.
Print Book, English, 1985
National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1985
Congress
viii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780309035293, 0309035295
11785421
Introduction / Joseph V. Charyk
The evolution of information technologies / John S. Mayo
The information age / Melvin Kranzberg
The twilight of hierarchy / Harlan Cleveland
Property rights in information / Anne Wells Branscomb
Information technologies in the home / Walter S. Baer
Computers and business / Theodore J. Gordon
Papers presented at a symposium held in conjunction with the 1984 annual meeting of the National Academy of Engineering