A Companion to American Technology

, by Pursell, Carroll

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ISBN: 9781405179942 | 1405179945
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/9/2008

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A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of "technology" in America.

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Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Beginnings
Technology in Colonial North America
The American Industrial Revolution
Sites Of Production
The Technology of Production
Technology and Agriculture in 20th century America
House and Home
The City and Technology
Technology in Environment
Government and Technology
Medicine and Technology
Sites Of Contest
The North American æBody-MachineÆ Complex
Gender and Technology: Rebecca Herzig
Labor and Technology
Technological Systems
The Automotive Transportation System: Cars And Highway in 20th-Century America
Airplanes
Technology in Space
Nuclear Technology
Television
Computers and the Internet: Braiding Irony, Paradox, and Possibility
Producing And Reading Technological Culture
The Profession of Engineering in America
Popular Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century
Art and Technology
Critics of Technology
Index
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A Companion to American Technology

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Author Biography

Table of Contents

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