Description |
xvi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Material cultures |
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Material cultures.
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Contents |
Introduction / Pierre Lemonnier -- 1. North Wind, South Wind: Neolithic technical choices in the Jura Mountains, 3700-2400 B.C. / Pierre Petrequin -- 2. The Watch and the Waterclock: Technological choices/social choices / Genevieve Bedoucha -- 3. The Reindeerman's Lasso / Tim Ingold -- 4. Pigs as Ordinary Wealth: Technical logic, exchange and leadership in New Guinea / Pierre Lemonnier -- 5. Pottery Techniques in India: Technical variants and social choice / Marie-Claude Mahias -- 6. Of Mills and Waterwheels: The hidden parameters of technological choice / Robert Cresswell -- 7. Technical Innovation and Cultural Resistance: The social weight of plowing in the vineyards of Les Corbieres (Languedoc) / Georges Guille-Escuret -- 8. The Hunter and His Gun in Haute-Provence / Nicolas C. Govoroff -- 9. Giving the Potter a Choice: Conceptual aspects of pottery techniques / Sander van der Leeuw -- 10. A Gazogene in Costa Rica: An experiment in techno-sociology / Madeleine Akrich -- 11. The Factory as Artefact / Bryan Pfaffenberger -- 12. Ethnography of a "High-Tech" Case: About Aramis / Bruno Latour -- 13. Dominant Representations and Technical Choices: A method of analysis with examples from aeronautics / Jean-Francois Quilici-Pacaud |
Analysis |
Technology Development History |
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Technology Development History |
Notes |
"First published in paperback 2002"-- t. p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Technology -- Social aspects.
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Author |
Lemonnier, Pierre, 1948-
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LC no. |
92023310 |
ISBN |
0415073316 (hbk.) |
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0415296447 (paperback) |
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