Description: Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? : Technological Utopianism Under Socialism, 1, Hardcover by Josephson, Paul R., ISBN 0801894107, ISBN-13 9780801894107, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This volume on technology and Socialism focuses on the human and environmental costs of rapid technological advances in Socialist countries between 1917 and 1989. Josephson (History, Colby College) discusses the use of technology by leaders in North Korea, Eastern Europe, and the USSR to lend legitimacy to their regimes and examines the disparity between Utopian rhetoric and prevalent health and safety concerns. Problems with nuclear waste, gender issues, and worker safety are examined along with analysis of technological Utopianism in the Soviet Union, and North Korean industrial development. Readers interested in twentieth century communism, socialism, and early industrial technology will appreciate this volume. The work contains several black and white linocuts. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? : Technological Utopianism Under
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth?: Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917-1989
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Science
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 612 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Paul R. Josephson
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
