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Companion to the History of American Technology
Carroll Pursell
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Description for Companion to the History of American Technology
Hardcover. A collection of essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of 'technology' in America. It covers some of the important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing. It includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, and class in American society. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1006.
A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in America.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to American History
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631228448
SKU
V9780631228448
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Ref
99-50
About Carroll Pursell
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Companion to the History of American Technology
"These essays serve the purpose of establishing a base of information for the reader to better understand the process of technology, how it is defined, and how it can be traced throughout the history of the nation ... An excellent collection." Journal of Southern History "The very breadth of the subject matter and analytical techniques in ... Read more