Violence and Social Orders
Violence and Social Orders

Author: Douglass Cecil North

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-02-26

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0521761735

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This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked.

The Social Construction of Technological Systems
The Social Construction of Technological Systems

Author: Wiebe E. Bijker

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780262521376

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"The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.