A companion to American technology / edited by Carroll Pursell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pursell, Carroll W.

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Series:

Blackwell companions to American history ; 13.

Blackwell companions to American history ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--United States--History.

Technology.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 463 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Summary:

A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of ldquo; technologyrdquo; in America. Taking a broadly historiographical approach, twenty-one leading scholars explore important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing. They also examine the ways in which technologies are organized in, for instance, the engineering profession, government, medicine and agriculture, and analyze how technologies interact with race, gender, class, and other comparable categories in American society. Scholars of American technology, as well as students, journalists, and general readers will find this a compelling, fascinating look at Americarsquo; s machinery, industry, and technophilic culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

0631228446

9780631228448

OCLC:

56368636

Publisher Number:

99943396720