Growing up in the Knowledge Society Living the IT Dream in Bangalore |
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| Author:
| Nisbett, Nicholas |
| Series title: | Cities and the Urban Imperative Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-55146-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge India |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $145.00 |
Book Description:
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This work is an ethnographic investigation into the lives of young people growing up and living in Bangalore. Moving beyond the hype of the Indian ‘knowledge society', it examines how new forms of technology and outsourced labour become integral to changing the experience of modernity and globalisation.
This work is an ethnographic investigation into the lives of young people growing up and living in Bangalore. Moving beyond the hype of the Indian ‘knowledge society', it examines how new forms of technology and outsourced labour become integral to changing the experience of modernity and globalisation.