American Technology (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631219978 ISBN 13: 9780631219972

Publisher: WB, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

This collection of the best recent essays is an ideal resource for anyone interested in the social & cultural history of technology in America.

From the Back Cover:

American Technology is a collection of ten key essays selected from the latest historical scholarship. The coverage ranges from the colonial period to the modern day with the essays exploring major technological themes including agricultural tool ownership, working environments, the engineering profession, and the intersection of race and gender in technology debates.

Each chapter contains an introduction by the editor, a major article, and supporting primary documents that provide vivid images and testimony from the historical events covered in the articles. Also included are a general opening essay on the field by the editor, and further reading lists, making this an ideal resource for students of the social and cultural history of American technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: WB
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0631219978
• ISBN 13: 9780631219972
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Pursell Carroll