The social life of nanotechnology /
edited by Barbara Herr Harthorn and John W. Mohr.
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'This volume shows how nanotechnology takes on a wide range of socio-historically specific meanings in the context of globalization, across multiple localities, institutions and collaborations, through diverse industries, research labs, and government agencies and in a variety of discussions within the public sphere itself. It explores the early origins of nanotechnologies; the social, economic, and political organization of the field; and the cultural and subjective meanings ascribed to nanotechnologies in social settings.'--