Title: Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment of the Telephone (Communication and Information Science)
Publisher: Praeger
Publication Date: 1981
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0893910481
ISBN 13: 9780893910488
Binding: hardcover
Condition: New
Weight: 15 ounces

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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.

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ol /f Ithiel /i de Sola

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