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The Sociology of Speed

by Judy Wajcman, Nigel Dodd · 2017

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There is widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. This work argues that popular and scholarly claims about acceleration gloss over the complex relationship of technology, speed and time.

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sociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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technologytechnologyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 224 pages

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