Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment of the Telephone (Communication and Information Science)

De Sola Pool, Ithiel

ISBN 10: 0893910481 / ISBN 13: 9780893910488

Published by Ablex Publishing Corp., 1982

About this Item

1983 hardcover presumed 1st edition (nap). No dj as published, light sunning, a lot of pencilled notes on a few pages (I only see it on 3 but might have missed something), binding tight .

Seller Inventory # ABE-1649971969426

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment of the Telephone (Communication and Information Science)
• Publisher: Ablex Publishing Corp.
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893910481
• ISBN 13: 9780893910488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. The author's analysis forecasts the effect of the telephone on society and compares it with the reality. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies. It documents a largely unknown piece of the history of American technology and anlayzes the requirements for success in technological forecasting.

About the Author

ol /f Ithiel /i de Sola