{"product_id":"seeing-like-a-supply-chain-miriam-posner-9780300251449","title":"Seeing Like a Supply Chain: The Hidden Life of Logistics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and exploits workers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a Supply Chain\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling investigation into the hidden networks that drive our global economy. Miriam Posner presents a blow-by-blow account of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, revealing how the system's built-in ambiguity shields companies from accountability while exploiting workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a decade of research, Posner shows how computation converged with the growth of global trade to allow for a lightning-quick, astoundingly efficient supply chain that lets corporations source products without any notion of where their goods are actually being produced. At a time when multinational firms fear the reputational damage of human rights violations in the making of their products, the supply chain's shroud of vagueness is a feature, not a bug. Posner shows how this is technically accomplished--and how the strategic disavowal of information extends through every step of that chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Posner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300251440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300251449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Miriam Posner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587577557247,"sku":"9780300251449","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa971d90-6252-4ad3-a6ba-cbb0d24d9291.jpg?v=1780169025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-like-a-supply-chain-miriam-posner-9780300251449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}