LEADER 04327nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910778044703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8272-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774928 035 $a(EBL)454532 035 $a(OCoLC)425966340 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209563 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10224451 035 $a(PQKB)10299194 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9260 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309840 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454532 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774928 100 $a19950502d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTechnical knowledge in American culture$b[electronic resource] $escience, technology, and medicine since the early 1800s /$fedited by Hamilton Cravens, Alan I Marcus, and David M. Katzman 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of American science and technology series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0793-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Technical Knowledge in American Culture: An Analysis; PART ONE: THE RISE OF DEMOCRATIC CULTURE, 1800-1870; I. The Ohio Mechanic's Institute: The Challenge of Incivility in the Democratic Republic; 2. The American Career of Jane Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, 1806-1853; 3. From Individual Practitioner to Regular Physician: Cincinnati Medical Societies and the Problem of Definition among Mid-Nineteenth-Century Americans; PART TWO: THE AGE OF HIERARCHY, 1870-1920 327 $a4. Diagnosing Unnatural Motherhood: Nineteenth-Century Physicians and ""Puerperal Insanity""5· The Inventor of the Mustache Cup: James Emerson and Populist Technology, 1870-1900; 6. Race-ism and the City: The Young Du Bois and the Role of Place in Social Theory, 1893-1901; 7· The German-American Science of Racial Nutrition, 1870-1920; PART THREE: TOWARD AN INFINITY OF DIMENSIONS; 8. The Case of the Manufactured Morons: Science and Social Policy in Two Eras, 1934-1966; 9· Responding to the Airplane: Urban Rivalry, Metropolitan Regionalism, and Airport Development in Dallas, 1927-1965 327 $a10. Unanticipated Aftertaste: Cancer, the Role of Science, and the Question of DES Beef in Late Twentieth-Century American Culture Afterword; Notes; Contributors; Index 330 $aTechnical Knowledge in American Culture addresses the relationships between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies and whether what they say and do relates to the larger culture, society, and era. These essays challenge the social impact model by looking at science, technology, and medicine not as social activities but as intellectual activities. 410 0$aHistory of American science and technology series. 606 $aMedicine$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMedicine$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMedicine$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aScience$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aScience$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aScience$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aTechnology$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTechnology$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTechnology$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology$xHistory 615 0$aTechnology$xHistory 615 0$aTechnology$xHistory. 676 $a306.4/6/097309034 676 $a306.460973 701 $aCravens$b Hamilton$01553447 701 $aKatzman$b David M$0708036 701 $aMarcus$b Alan I$f1949-$01486395 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778044703321 996 $aTechnical knowledge in American culture$93813991 997 $aUNINA