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Autore: |
Pursell Carroll W
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Titolo: |
The machine in America : a social history of technology / / Carroll Pursell
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Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Technology - Social aspects - United States - History |
Industrial revolution - United States | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-385) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The machine in America ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8018-9232-5 |
1-4356-9262-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813556603321 |
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