Technology and society reader : case studies / [compiled by] Peter B. Heller.

Revision of: Technology transfer and human values : concepts, applications, cases. Lanham : University Press of America, c1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Community cannery and poultry breeding, Turkey / by Alvin G. Edgell, The Peace Corps/CARE -- Water for the village of Magyikwan, Burma (Myanmar) / by Sisters of the Good Shepherd -- Barrio Imas prostitution rehabilitation, Costa Rica / by Father Andy Doral, Maryknoll Missionaries -- Lake Victoria-Mara windmills, Tanzania / by Maryknoll Missionaries -- Salawe pump, Tanzania / by Father George Cotter, Maryknoll Missionaries -- Single side band radio communication system, Papua New Guinea / by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart -- Sugar syrup technology, Ghana / by Technoserve, Incorporated, Norwalk, Connecticut -- Textile visual materials, Ghana and Sudan / by Beverly Emerson Donoghue -- Tetanus vaccination / by Medicus Mundi Internationalis -- The baby killer : formula milk / by Medicus Mundi Internationalis -- Papa China (Taro) project, Colombia / by Barbara Myers, Appropriate Technology International, Washington, D.C. -- Communicating with pictures, Nepal / by National Development Service, Nepal and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Nepal.

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These case studies illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. The text suggests that advanced technology is not always compatible with the different settings in emerging societies with other geographic, economic, social, cultural, and political environments.

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