The machine in America [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of technology / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects - United States - History
Industrial revolution - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8018-9232-5
1-4356-9262-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454467803321 |
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The machine in America [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of technology / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects - United States - History
Industrial revolution - United States |
ISBN |
0-8018-9232-5
1-4356-9262-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782745903321 |
Pursell Carroll W
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The machine in America : a social history of technology / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects - United States - History
Industrial revolution - United States |
ISBN |
0-8018-9232-5
1-4356-9262-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813556603321 |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 | ||
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Technology in postwar America [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 609.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Technology - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-51189-2 |
Classificazione | ZG 8881 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Arsenal of Democracy -- 2. The Geography of Everywhere -- 3. Foreign Aid and Advantage -- 4. The Atom and the Rocket -- 5. Factories and Farms -- 6. "It's Fun to Live in America" -- 7. Brain Drain and Technology Gap -- 8. From Technology Drunk . . . -- 9. . . . To Technology Sober -- 10. A Wired Environment -- 11. Standing Tall Again -- 12. Globalization, Modernity, and the Postmodern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455134203321 |
Pursell Carroll W
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technology in postwar America [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 609.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Technology - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-231-51189-2 |
Classificazione | ZG 8881 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Arsenal of Democracy -- 2. The Geography of Everywhere -- 3. Foreign Aid and Advantage -- 4. The Atom and the Rocket -- 5. Factories and Farms -- 6. "It's Fun to Live in America" -- 7. Brain Drain and Technology Gap -- 8. From Technology Drunk . . . -- 9. . . . To Technology Sober -- 10. A Wired Environment -- 11. Standing Tall Again -- 12. Globalization, Modernity, and the Postmodern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777923003321 |
Pursell Carroll W
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technology in postwar America : a history / / Carroll Pursell |
Autore | Pursell Carroll W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 609.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Technology - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-231-51189-2 |
Classificazione | ZG 8881 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Arsenal of Democracy -- 2. The Geography of Everywhere -- 3. Foreign Aid and Advantage -- 4. The Atom and the Rocket -- 5. Factories and Farms -- 6. "It's Fun to Live in America" -- 7. Brain Drain and Technology Gap -- 8. From Technology Drunk . . . -- 9. . . . To Technology Sober -- 10. A Wired Environment -- 11. Standing Tall Again -- 12. Globalization, Modernity, and the Postmodern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819423603321 |
Pursell Carroll W
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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