Bijker, Wiebe E. <br/><br/>
Of bicycles, bakelites and bulbs:   toward a theory of sociotechnical change / 
Wiebe E.Bijker 
 - Cambridge:  MIT Press,  1997. 
 - x, 380 p. 
<br/><br/>King of the road : the social construction of the safety bicycle--the fourth kingdom : the social construction of bakelite-- the majesty of daylight : the social construction of fluorescent lighting-- conclusion : the politics of sociotechnical change. 
<br/><br/> This text attempts to found a full-scale theory of sociotechnical change that describes where technologies come from and how societies deal with them, using the examples of the safety bicycle, the first truly synthetic plastic, and the fluorescent light bulb. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262522274 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technology-social aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.46  / BIJ-O