Technology and Cultural Tectonics [electronic resource] : Shifting Values and Meanings /
Hanson, A.author.
What impact has technology had on cultural meanings, values, and symbols? This anthropological exploration shows how technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring realignments among cultural institutions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What impact has technology had on cultural meanings, values, and symbols? This anthropological exploration shows how technologies produce novel and sometimes jarring realignments among cultural institutions.
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Culture—Study and teaching.
Ethnology.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Engineering.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Sociology, general.
Engineering, general.