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Format: Hardcover Item Length: 9.2 in Item Height: 0.8 in Type: Textbook Publication Name: Archaeology of Innovation : Approaching Social and Technological Change in Human Society ISBN: 9781526132642 Number of Pages: 256 Pages Language: English height: 0.8 in Item Weight: 20.4 Oz Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, History Author: Catherine J. Frieman Publisher: Manchester University Press Item Width: 6.1 in Subject: Civilization, Archaeology, History Publication Year: 2021 width: 6.1 in Series: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds Ser. Book Title: An Archaeology Of Innovation: Approaching Social And Technol...

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An Archaeology Of Innovation: Approaching Social And Technol.... Number of Pages: 256. Publication Date: 2021-03-02. Publisher: Manchester University Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: An Archaeology Of Innovation: Approaching Social And Technological Change In Human Society ISBN13: 9781526132642 ISBN10: 1526132648 Author: Frieman, Catherine J. (Author) Description: An Archaeology Of Innovation Is The First Monograph-Length Investigation Of Innovation And The Innovation Process From An Archaeological Perspective It Interrogates The Idea Of Innovation That Permeates Our Popular Media And Our Political And Scientific Discourse, Setting This Against The Long-Term Perspective That Only Archaeology Can Offer Case Studies Span The Entire Breadth Of Human History, From Our Earliest Hominin Ancestors To The Contemporary World The Book Argues That The Present Narrow Focus On Pushing The Adoption Of Technical Innovations Ignores The Complex Interplay Of Social, Technological And Environmental Systems That Underlies Truly Innovative Societies; The Inherent Connections Between New Technologies, Technologists And Social Structure That Give Them Meaning And Make Them Valuable; And The Significance And Value Of Conservative Social Practices That Lead To The Frequent Rejection Of Innovations Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Manchester University Press Publication Date: 2021-03-02 Dimensions: 0.75'' H x 9.21'' L x 6.14'' W Number of Pages: 256 Language: English

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