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Hall, George M.

The age of automation : technical genius, social dilemma / George M. Hall.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-275-95194-4

1. Automation. 2. Automation--Social aspects. I. Title.

T59.5.H27 1995

303.48′33--dc20 94-44175

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Copyright © 1995 by George M. Hall

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-44175 ISBN: 0-275-95194-4

First published in 1995

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgments

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the following sources for granting permission to
use copyrighted materials:

Excerpt from Harold L. Wilensky, "The Road from Information to Knowledge," in Alan F. Westin,
editor, Information Technology in a Democracy ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971).
Reprinted by permission.

Excerpts from Cornelius E. Gallagher, "Computing Power in Real Time," in Alan F. Westin, editor,
Information Technology in a Democracy ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971), 220,
221. Reprinted by permission.

Excerpt from Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Inherit the Wind ( New York: Random House,
1955), 83. Reprinted by permission.

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