Forecasting the telephone : a retrospective technology assessment

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Forecasting the telephone : a retrospective technology assessment

by Ithiel de Sola Pool

(Communication and information science / edited by Brenda Dervin)

ABLEX Pub., c1983

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. The author's analysis forecasts the effect of the telephone on society and compares it with the reality. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies. It documents a largely unknown piece of the history of American technology and anlayzes the requirements for success in technological forecasting.

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