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Innovation and its enemies : why people resist new technologies / Calestous Juma.

LIBRA HC79.T4 J8178 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Juma, Calestous, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technological innovations--History.
Technological innovations.
History.
Technology and civilization.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technology.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xii, 416 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Contents:
Gales of creative destruction
Brewing trouble : coffee
Stop the presses : printing the Koran
Smear campaigns : margarine
Gaining traction : farm mechanization
Charged arguments : electricity
Cool reception : refrigerated foods
Facing the music : recorded sound
Taking root : transgenic crops
Swimming against the current : AquAdvantage salmon
Oiling the wheels of novelty.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Juma, Calestous, author. Innovation and its enemies.
ISBN:
9780190467036
0190467037
OCLC:
931476421

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