TY - BOOK AU - Bijker, Wiebe E. TI - Of bicycles, bakelites and bulbs: : toward a theory of sociotechnical change SN - 9780262522274 U1 - 306.46 PY - 1997/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Technology-social aspects N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -