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Computers General

Computers on the Job

Surviving Canada's Microcomputer Revolution

by (author) Heather Menzies

illustrated by Trevor Hutchings

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1982
Category
General
  • 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.

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TREVOR HUTCHINGS\ distinctive cartoons have appeared in a number of publications including TV Guide Maclean\'s and Chatelaine.'

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