Global Productions: Labor in the Making of the "information Society"
- ISBN-10
- 1572731710
- ISBN-13
- 9781572731714
- Category
- Globalisering
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Hampton Press (NJ)
- Authors
- John A. Lent, Gerald Sussman
Description
This volume discusses the Information Society from the perspective of the work forces it employs. The book focuses on the changes occurring at the sites of production of communication and information commodities in both industrial and less developed countries.
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