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Women, work and computing /
"Although few dispute the computer's place as a pivotal twentieth-century artefact, little agreement has emerged over whether the changes it has precipitated are generally positive or negative in nature, or whether we should be contemplating our future association with the computer more wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Although few dispute the computer's place as a pivotal twentieth-century artefact, little agreement has emerged over whether the changes it has precipitated are generally positive or negative in nature, or whether we should be contemplating our future association with the computer more with enthusiasm or trepidation. Specifically with regard to the relationship between women and computers, a diverse body of commentary has embraced the views of those who have found grounds for expressing pessimism about this association and those who have favoured a more optimistic assessment of the current situation and its probable future development. This book undertakes a thorough evaluation of the legitimacy and predictive power of the optimistic commentary. Using a large body of original qualitative data, it interrogates the bases of what it identifies as three waves of optimism and in doing so provides answers to some of the key questions asked in this field today."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511011768 9780511011764 0511034385 9780511034381 0511151667 9780511151668 9780521771894 0521771897 9780511488948 0511488947 1107119472 9781107119475 0511049625 9780511049620 1280429518 9781280429514 |