American Technology

Klappentext "American Technology" brings together ten fascinating and important stories of the ways in which Americans, from colonial times to the present, have embraced, rejected, interacted with, and understood the technologies with which they have lived and worked. Topics include the colonial home, the shop floor, the doctor's office, and the telephone exchange, as well as New England mill-sites, nuclear power, and the Internet. Each scholarly account is accompanied by primary documents and a list of further readings. Zusammenfassung This volume offers a collection of ten key essays selected from contemporary historical scholarship with coverage ranging from the the colonial period to the modern day. The essays add up to an exploration of major technological themes in American history.

Product details

• Authors: Pursell, Carroll Pursell, Carroll W. Pursell, PURSELL CARROLL W
• Assisted by: Carroll Pursell (Editor), Carroll W. Pursell (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2001
• EAN: 9780631219965
• ISBN: 978-0-631-21996-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History; Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History; Blackwell Readers in American; Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History; Wiley Blackwell Readers in Ame
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries