LEADER 02649nam 2200505 a 450 001 9910813556603321 005 20240416173739.0 010 $a0-8018-9232-5 010 $a1-4356-9262-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000705372 035 $a(OCoLC)299755769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256351 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318349 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256351 035 $a(OCoLC)923192752 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000705372 100 $a20060922d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe machine in America $ea social history of technology /$fCarroll Pursell 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 311 $a0-8018-8578-7 311 $a0-8018-8579-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 357-385) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aIndustrial revolution$zUnited States 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustrial revolution 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aPursell$b Carroll W$0621664 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813556603321 996 $aThe machine in America$94044800 997 $aUNINA