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Autore |
Adas Michael <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Dominance by design : technological imperatives and America's civilizing mission / / Michael Adas |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (480 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology - United States - History - 20th century |
Technological innovations - United States - History |
Political messianism - United States |
United States Foreign relations 20th century |
United States Territorial expansion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-514) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN -- 1. "ENGINS" IN THE WILDERNESS -- 2. MACHINES AND MANIFEST DESTINY -- 3. ENGINEERS' IMPERIALISM -- 4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN AMERICAN CENTURY -- 5. IMPOSING MODERNITY -- 6. MACHINES IN THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE -- 7. TECHNOWAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF -- EPILOGUE: THE PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Long before the U.S. became a major force in global affairs, U.S. expansionists assumed a mandate to "civilize" non-Western peoples by demanding submission to American technological prowess and design. Adas pursues the history of this mission through America's foreign relations over nearly four centuries. |
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