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America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nye, David E., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Colonization.
- Land settlement.
- Historiography.
- History.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States--Historiography.
- Technology--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Technology.
- Technology--Social aspects--United States--Historiography.
- Land settlement--United States--History.
- Land settlement--United States--Historiography.
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- United States--Colonization.
- United States--Historical geography.
- Historical geography.
- Physical Description:
- x, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- After 1776, the American colonies started to reimagine themselves as a unified community. Technologies--the axe, the mill, the canal, the railroad, and the irrigation dam--had an important role in the resulting national narratives. Nye explores the stories that clustered around these technologies and rediscovers the American story of origins. 26 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262140810
- OCLC:
- 50410434
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