Computers on the Job
Surviving Canada's Microcomputer Revolution
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1982
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888625533
- Publish Date
- Jan 1982
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Written as the computer revolution dawned on Canadian society, Computers on the Job introduces the effects of technological change on people in their homes and workplaces.
Heather Menzies explains, in clear, nontechnical terms, how the microcochip unleashes the full potential of computers, allowing employers to automate many routine jobs and transform others--sometimes for the benefit of employees, sometimes not. She traces the effects of computerization on office work, on the service industry and on traditional blue-collar occupations, forecasting changes that, in many cases, have come to pass.
Computers on the Job is a pioneering study of the impact of widespread computer use on Canadian society.
About the authors
Heather Menzies is an award-winning writer and scholar and the author of nine books, including Whose Brave New World? and No Time. She has been awarded an honourary doctorate and the Order of Canada for her "contributions to public discourse." A mother and grandmother, a gardener and social-justice activist, Heather regularly contributes to journals and newspapers, and is in high demand as a speaker, offering a thoughtful critique of our disintegrating social fabric.
TREVOR HUTCHINGS\ distinctive cartoons have appeared in a number of publications including TV Guide Maclean\'s and Chatelaine.'
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