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Traditional cultures, and the impact of technological change

Title
Traditional cultures, and the impact of technological change / George M. Foster.
Author
Foster, George M. (George McClelland), 1913-2006
Publication
  • New York : Harper & Row, [1962]
  • ©1962

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Description
xi, 292 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Technology and civilization
  • Technology
  • Civilization
  • Technology
  • Civilization
  • civilization
  • Technology and civilization
  • Anthropology
  • Social change
  • Technology and technological change
  • Technique et civilisation
Note
  • Second ed. published in 1973 under title: Traditional societies and technological change.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284).
Contents
The cultural context of technological development -- How cultures change -- The traditional rural community -- The dynamics of change: culture, society, psychology, and economics -- Cultural barriers to change -- Social barriers to change -- Psychological barriers to change -- Stimulants to change -- The technical expert: his problems -- The anthropologist at work: the conceptual context -- The anthropologist at work: stages of analysis -- Technical aid and social science: some problems of teamwork -- The ethics of planned change.
ISBN
  • 0060421304
  • 9780060421304
LCCN
62010483
OCLC
  • ocm00390258
  • 390258
  • SCSB-129369
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library