TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heller,Peter B.
TI  - Technology and society reader: case studies 
SN  - 9780761858287
AV  - T174.3 
U1  - 306.46091724 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Technology
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - Transfert de technologie
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Industries
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Revision of: Technology transfer and human values : concepts, applications, cases. Lanham : University Press of America, c1985; Includes bibliographical references and index; Community cannery and poultry breeding, Turkey / by Alvin G. Edgell, The Peace Corps/CARE -- Water for the village of Magyikwan, Burma (Myanmar) / by Sisters of the Good Shepherd -- Barrio Imas prostitution rehabilitation, Costa Rica / by Father Andy Doral, Maryknoll Missionaries -- Lake Victoria-Mara windmills, Tanzania / by Maryknoll Missionaries -- Salawe pump, Tanzania / by Father George Cotter, Maryknoll Missionaries -- Single side band radio communication system, Papua New Guinea / by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart -- Sugar syrup technology, Ghana / by Technoserve, Incorporated, Norwalk, Connecticut -- Textile visual materials, Ghana and Sudan / by Beverly Emerson Donoghue -- Tetanus vaccination / by Medicus Mundi Internationalis -- The baby killer : formula milk / by Medicus Mundi Internationalis -- Papa China (Taro) project, Colombia / by Barbara Myers, Appropriate Technology International, Washington, D.C. -- Communicating with pictures, Nepal / by National Development Service, Nepal and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Nepal
N2  - These case studies illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. The text suggests that advanced technology is not always compatible with the different settings in emerging societies with other geographic, economic, social, cultural, and political environments
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