Forces of production : A social history of industrial automation

Focusing on the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry--the heart of the modern industrial economy--this is a provocative study of how automation has assumed a critical role in America. David Noble argues that industrial automation--more than merely a technological advance--is a s...

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Hlavní autor: Noble, David F.
Médium: Kniha
Jazyk:Undetermined
Vydáno: New York Alfred A. Knoff 1984
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