The Microelectronics revolution: The complete guide to the new technology and its impact on society - Hardcover

Tom Forester

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631116516 ISBN 13: 9780631116516

Publisher: B. Blackwell, 1980

Synopsis

"The Microelectronics Revolution" is a comprehensive guide to the silicon chip revolution and its impact on society. The distinguished contributors to this volume explain in turn the origins and nature of microelectronics, the characteristics of the burgeoning microchip industry and the increasing use of microprocessors in everyday products.The book details the impact of this new technology on society in separate chapters which take up automation on the factory floor, the word-processing revolution in the office, the consequences for employment, and the implications for industrial relations. A final section discusses the problems of a microelectronic age -- 'the information society.'With a discerning guide to further reading at the end of each chapter, this book forms a basis of management, trade union, and college courses on society and the new technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: B. Blackwell
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0631116516
• ISBN 13: 9780631116516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 589