Verlag: NY: PBI/Petrocelli Books, 1978., 1978
Erstausgabe
1st edition. [xv],167pp, 8vo, tables, bibliography, index. VG+/no DJ. Blue boards, bump to top edge front cover, contents Fine. The authors apply their model to air traffic control, the collapse of the Manchu Dynasty in China, and technological deve lopment during the Tokogawa period in Japan.
Verlag: Petrocelli Books, 1978
ISBN 10: 0894330748 ISBN 13: 9780894330742
Anbieter: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading, scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to the lower corners; otherwise in good condition with clean text and tight binding.
Verlag: Petrocelli Books, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0894330748 ISBN 13: 9780894330742
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xv+167 pages with tables, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue boards with red gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition. This paper offers a process model in which the interaction of technology and social institutions can be analyzed systematically within a single frame of reference. By considering both aspects of culture, not as substantive entities to be classified as to type, but as organizational states to be described and measured by a class of variables that is truly scaleable, it is possible to describe with precision and economy, a given state of techno-social organization and also design and predict future states of technological and social organization The potentialities and properties of various possible future states can be projected as highly compressed, synoptic models since the number of variables used to describe a real or projected system-state is small. Thus the model offers a versatile instrument for disciplining rich and diverse classes of data into manageable wholes. It also offers possibilities of making normative judgements of what kind of organizational linkages between technology and social institutions will produce relative consistency or effectiveness. Condition: Jacket corners and spine ends rubbed, light rubbing along edges else very good in near fine jacket.