A Companion to American Technology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pursell, Carroll

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of "technology" in America. * 22 original essays by expert scholars cover the most important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing * Analyzes the ways in which technologies are organized, such as in the engineering profession, government, medicine and agriculture * Includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, class, and other organizing structures in American society

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470695333
• Artikelnr.: 38196747

Autorenporträt

Carroll Pursell is Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, and Adjunct professor of Modern History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of White Heat: People and Technology (1994) and The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology (2nd edition, 2007), and the editor of Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas (2nd edition, 1990) and American Technology (Blackwell, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: BEGINNINGS.

PART II: SITES OF PRODUCTION.

PART III: SITES OF CONTEST.

PART IV: TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.

PART V: PRODUCING AND READING TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE

Rezensionen

"These essays serve the purpose of establishing a base ofinformation for the reader to better understand the process oftechnology, how it is defined, and how it can be traced throughoutthe history of the nation ... An excellent collection."
Journal of Southern History

"The very breadth of the subject matter and analyticaltechniques in these contributions is extremely impressive. Astimulating collection."
History

"Highly recommended."
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