Standards and their stories: how quantifying, classifying, and formalizing practices shape everyday life
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801447174
Date de publication :
15 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining...