SORTING THINGS OUT: Classification And Its Consequences

Bowker, Geoffrey C.; Star, Susan Leigh

ISBN 10: 0262024616 / ISBN 13: 9780262024617

Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999

About this Item

8vo. xii + 377pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Light shelfwear; underlining to the text in places. Good.

Seller Inventory # 100128

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SORTING THINGS OUT: Classification And Its Consequences
• Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262024616
• ISBN 13: 9780262024617
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • SOCIOLOGY

About this title

Synopsis

Classification systems and their role in shaping philosophy and social interactions are explored in this unique analysis of human infrastructures.

About the Author

Geoffrey C. Bowker is Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University.