TC.CHAIKLIN@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Seth Chaiklin) (02/02/88)
Hi Dave, Some time ago, Jim Day@xerox.com put up a reading list. I have
taken that list, added a few more readings and now I am sending it
back to you. Perhaps you would be willing to distribute it on the list.
If so, you might also put in an editor's note requesting that additions,
correction, annotations, etc. be sent to chaiklin@cu20b.columbia.edu or
chaiklin@cutcv1
Thanks very much,
Seth Chaiklin
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Readings on Computers/Technology and Society
Version 1.4 -- 30 January 1988
Abshire, Gary M. (19??). The impact of computers on society & ethics: A
bibliography.
Adams, J. Mack, & Haden, Douglas H. (19??). Social effects of computer use
& misuse.
Barron, Iann & Curnow, R. C. (19??). The future with microelectronics:
Forecasting the effects of information technology.
Bennett, J. M., & Kalman, R. E. (Eds.). (19??). Computers in developing
nations.
Bolter, J. David. (1984). Turing's man: Western culture in the computer age.
University of North Carolina Press.
[An interesting analysis of the work and ideas of Alan Turing, setting
them in the context of the development of western civilization.]
Braverman, Harry. (1974). Labor and monopoly capital. New York: Monthly
Review Press.
[A seminal work that has caused much controversy on the left by virtue
of its radical interpretation of Marx's ideas. A must for anyone
interested in the impact of late capitalism on socialist thought.]
Burnham, David. (1983). The rise of the computer state: The threat to
our freedoms, our ethics and our democratic process.
[A chilling (and sometimes depressing) examination of the use
of computers under capitalism.]
Burton, Sarah K., & Short, Douglas D. (198?). Sixth International Conference
on Computers & the Humanities.
Cheney, Robert S., & Cheney, Jean E. (198?). Coping: Survival in a
computerized society.
Clark, N. (198?). The political economy of science and technology.
Blackwell.
Cockburn, Cynthia. (1983). Brothers. Pluto Press-Longwood.
[An analysis of the British printing industry and its long history
of barring women from its ranks. It has relevance not only because
it deals with the role of women in a mans world, but also because of
the radical changes being brought about by the introduction of computers
into printing.
Cockburn, Cynthia. (1985). Machinery of dominance. Pluto Press-Longwood.
[Another "must read" book that deals with women and technology.]
Cohen, Sheila. (1987). The labor process debate. New Left Review #165.
Cooley, Mike. (19??). Architect or bee? The human/technology relationship.
[An interesting analysis (from the inside) of the effects
of computers in the workplace. Cooley's book is based on his
experiences in Lucas Aerospace in the 1970s and the worker occupation
that took place.]
CSE Microelectronics Group. (Ed.) (1980). Microelectronics: Capitalist
technology & the working class.
de Lorely, Augustus. (19??). The civilization of the computer and
brutalization of American culture.
Dertouzos, Michael L., & Moses, Joel (Eds.). (19??). The computer age: A
twenty-year view.
Dorf, Richard C. (19??) Computers & man.
Evans, Christopher. (19??) The micro millenium.
Ferrarini, Elizabeth. (1984). Confessions of an infomaniac. Sybex.
Forester, Tom (Ed.) (19??). The microelectronics revolution: The complete
guide to the new technology and its impact on society.
Francis, Arthur. (1986). New technology at work. Oxford: Clarendon.
Frates, Jeffrey E., & Moldrup, William. (19??). Computers and life: An
integrative approach.
Frederikson, Lee W., & Riley, Anne W. (Eds.). (19??). Computers, people and
productivity.
George, F. H. (19??). Machine takeover: The growing threat to human
freedom in a computer controlled society.
Goldhaber, Michael. (1986). Reinventing Technology. Routledge and
Kegan Paul. (available through Institute for Policy Studies)
[A heavy book to read although it contains lots of interesting ideas.]
Graham, Neil. (19??). The mind tool: Computers and their impact on society.
Hale, Mike. (19??). Living thinkwork. CSE Press.
Hirschhorn, Larry. (1986). Beyond mechanization: Work and technology in a
post-industrial age.
[Interesting if technocratic interpretation of events.]
Holoien, Martin O. (19??). Computers and their social impact.
Howard, Robert. (1986). Brave new workplace. New York: Penguin.
[Another "must read" book jammed with info on the intrusive nature
of computers in the workplace.]
Kochenburger, Ralph J., & Turcio, Carolyn J. (19??). Computers in modern
society.
Laurie, Edward J. (19??). Computers, automation, and society.
Laver, Murray. (19??). Computers and social change.
Laver, Murray. (19??). Computers, communications, and society.
Levy, Steven. (198?). Hackers: Heros of the computer revolution.
Logsdon, Logsdon. (19??). Computers and social controversy.
Lovins, Hunter & Amory. (19??). Brittle power.
Martin, James, & Norman, Adrian. (19??). The computerized society.
Masuda, Yoneji. (19??). The information society as post-industrial
society.
Mathews, Walter M. (Ed.). (19??). Monster or messiah? The computer's impact
on society.
Mesarazos, Istvan. (1987, August). The post-capitalist state.
Monthly Review.
[Computers are never mentioned, but the high-tech issue is implicit.]
Myatt, Art. (1986, November-December). A window on the new automation.
Against the Current, Vol. 1, No. 6 (New series), 29-36.
[discussion of automation in the auto industry, especially focused
on GM with some comparisons to Japan.]
Noble, David F. (1977). America by design.
Noble, David F. (1986). Forces of production. New York: Knopf.
[A detailed investigation of the role of hi-tech, academia and the
military. Another "must read" book.]
Nora, Simon, & Minc, Alain. (19??). The computerization of society:
A report to the president of France.
Rifkin, Jeremy. (19??). Time wars.
Rothman, Stanley, & Mosmann, Charles. (19??). Computers and society.
Sale, Kirkpatrick. (19??). Human scale.
Sanders, Donald H. (19??). Computers in society.
Schiller, Herbert. (1986). Information and the crisis economy. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Schiller, Herbert and Dan. (19??). Telecommunications and media.
Shaiken, Harley. (1986). Work transformed: Automation and labor in the
computer age. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
[documents the conscious use of technology to replace workers,
and to limit the power of workers who remain.]
Shaw, M. L. (Ed.). (19??). Recent advances in personal construct technology.
Sherman, B. (19??). The new revolution: The impact of computers on
society.
Silver, Gerald A. (19??). The social impact of computers.
Simons, Geoff. (19??). Silicon shock: The menace of the computer invasion.
Sieghart, Paul. (1982). Micro-chips with everything: The consequences of
information technology.
Solomonides, Tony (Ed.). (1985). Compulsive technology: Computers as
culture. London: Free Association Books.
Stern, Nancy B., & Robert A. (19??). Computers in society.
Susuki-Morris, Tessa. (1986). The challenge of computers. New Left
Review. #160.
Susuki-Morris, Tessa. (198?). (Title unknown). New Left Review. #167.
Turkle, Sherry. (1984). Second self: Computers & the human spirit.
New York: Simon & Schuster.
Vallee, Jacques. (1982). The Network revolution: Confessions of a
computer scientist. Berkeley: AND/OR Press.
[Excellent history of the development of the computer/telephone connection.]
Weiner, Norbert. (19??). The human use of human beings.
Zimbalist, Andrew (Ed). (1979). Case studies in the labor process.
New York: Monthly Review Press.
(1985). Making waves: The politics of communications. London: Free
Association Books.
(198?). The Human Edge
[Proceeding of a conference of social workers on "human uses" of computers.]
Thanks to DAVID BELLIN, BILL BOWLES, JIM DAY, ADAM FREY, and DOUG HENWOOD
for contributions.
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