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Author Qiu, Jack Linchuan, 1973-

Title Working-class network society : communication technology and the information have-less in urban China / Jack Linchuan Qiu
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Information revolution and global politics
Information revolution & global politics.
Contents Introduction -- Internet café -- Going wireless -- Migrants -- Young and old -- Places and community -- Life and death -- Reflections
Summary This is an examination of how the availability of low-end information and communication technology has provided a basis for the emergence of a working-class network society in China
Analysis INFORMATION SCIENCE/Communications & Telecommunications
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index
Notes English
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Subject Information technology -- China
Telecommunication -- China
Diffusion of innovations -- China
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
Diffusion of innovations
Information technology
Telecommunication
Informationsteknologi -- Kina -- sekelskiftet 2000.
Arbetarklassen -- Kina -- sekelskiftet 2000.
Internet -- Kina.
Datorisering -- Kina -- sekelskiftet 2000.
U-länder -- sekelskiftet 2000.
Innovationsspridning -- Kina.
China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780262255073
0262255073
1282240323
9781282240322
0262292963
9780262292962
9786612240324
6612240326