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Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? : technological utopianism under socialism, 1917-1989 / Paul R. Josephson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Josephson, Paul R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology--Political aspects.
- Technology and civilization.
- Utopian socialism--History--20th century.
- Utopian socialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Josephson's intriguing study of how technology both helped and hindered this effort asks new and important questions about the crucial issues inextricably linked with the development and diffusion of technology in any sociopolitical system.
- Contents:
- Introduction : tractors, steel mills, concrete, and other joys of socialism
- Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? Technological utopianism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s
- Proletarian aesthetics : technology and socialism in Eastern Europe
- From kimchi to concrete : the North Korean experiment
- Floating reactors : nuclear hubris after the fall of communism
- Industrial deserts : technology and environmental degradation under socialism
- No hard hats, no steel-toed shoes required : worker safety in the proletarian paradise
- The gendered tractor.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9841-2
- OCLC:
- 608691512
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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