First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. This description may be from another edition of this product.
An excellent supplement to this book is GIVING UP THE GUN: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879, by Noel Perrin. Both works argue effectively that the technologies we use are the results of human choices, not the products of forces beyond human control. Sclove and Fuller make an important case, namely, that the direction of technology must be democratically determined. Not a "quick read," DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY definitely is a vital one
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