02649nam 2200505 a 450 991081355660332120240416173739.00-8018-9232-51-4356-9262-4(CKB)1000000000705372(OCoLC)299755769(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256351(MiAaPQ)EBC3318349(Au-PeEL)EBL3318349(CaPaEBR)ebr10256351(OCoLC)923192752(EXLCZ)99100000000070537220060922d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe machine in America a social history of technology /Carroll Pursell2nd ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20071 online resource (417 p.) 0-8018-8578-7 0-8018-8579-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-385) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: THE TRANSIT OF TECHNOLOGY -- 1 The Tools Brought Over -- 2 Importing the Industrial Revolution -- 3 Improving Transportation -- II: THE DOMESTICATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- 4 The Expansion of American Manufactures -- 5 The Mechanization of Farming -- III: THE IMPRINT OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY -- 6 Creating an Urban Environment -- 7 Westward the Course of Industry -- 8 Export, Exploitation, and Empire -- IV: TECHNOLOGY AND HEGEMONY -- 9 The Coming of Science and Systems -- 10 The Decade of Prosperity and Consumption -- 11 Depression: Study and Subsidy -- 12 Wars and the "American Century" -- 13 Challenge and Change in a Postmodern World -- V: GLOBALIZATION -- 14 Our (Un) Wired World -- 15 America's Global Reach -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.In the second edition of The Machine in America, Pursell brings this classic history up to date with a revised chapter on war technology and new discussions on information technology, globalization, and the environment.TechnologySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryIndustrial revolutionUnited StatesTechnologySocial aspectsHistory.Industrial revolution303.48/3Pursell Carroll W621664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813556603321The machine in America4044800UNINA