Whose Brave New World?: The Information Highway and the New Economy

By Heather Menzies

In this passionate and down-to-earth book, Heather Menzies-one of Canada's leading writers on technology and society-steers us through the jargon of the Information Highway, globalization and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896357024
• ISBN13: 9781896357027
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Between the Lines(CA)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, but aimed solely at a Canadian audience

This is a fascinating and well thought-out book describing the downside of marrying technology and the workplace. The author's proposition is that underneath all of the pollyanna-ish hype, office technology is being used to control workers more closely than ever before. The book is loaded with Canadian examples, so it probably would not be appreciated by non-Canadian readers. Also, the author approaches these issues from a left-of-centre, pro-labour perspective, which will be appealing to some readers and a turn-off for others.