Technology for Underdeveloped Areas: An Annotated Bibliography

Jack Baranson

Elsevier Science & Technology, 1967 - Social Science - 81 pages

Technology for Underdeveloped Areas: An Annotated Bibliography focuses on the functional aspects of technology, including the economic criteria of choice, the institutional requisite for transmittal, and the cultural constraints upon proficiency. This book discusses the relevant concepts, provides specific examples of products and systems required by developing economies, and indicates organizational approaches to adapting advantageous technology.

Contents

• SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON TECHNOLOGY: 26
• PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS: 33
• INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: 50
• ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: 62
• TITLE INDEX: 71

Bibliographic information

• Title: Technology for Underdeveloped Areas: An Annotated Bibliography; Volume 6 of International Series of Monographs in the Science of the Solid State; Volume 6 of International series of monographs in library and information science, ISSN 0074-820X
• Author: Jack Baranson
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, 1967
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 21, 2009
• ISBN: 0080122639, 9780080122632
• Length: 81 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries