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008			070703s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007027280
020			_a9781403974488
040			_aDDC _cGU _dTOSD _bENG
082			_a303.48201 REN
100	1		_aRennstich, Joachim K.
245	1	4	_aThe making of a digital world : _bthe evolution of technological change and how it shaped our world / _cJoachim K. Rennstich.
246	3	0	_aEvolution of technological change and how it shaped our world
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2008.
300			_axiv, 260 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
490	1		_aEvolutionary processes in world politics series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [228]-251) and index.
520			_a"Providing a unique, empirically based perspective on the past and future development of globalization as a long-term process emerging in different parts of the world, this book puts current changes in a historical context in a systematic fashion, unpacking the global political, economic, social, and cultural implications of this change. It traces the resemblance of past commercial networks with emerging digital networks and contrasts them with industrial production systems." -- Book jacket.
650		0	_aSocial change.
650		0	_aSocial evolution.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aGlobalization.
830		0	_aEvolutionary processes in world politics series.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK