The machine in America : a social history of technology / / Carroll Pursell

• Autore: Pursell Carroll W
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II