Dominance by design : technological imperatives and America's civilizing mission / Michael Adas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adas, Michael, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--United States--History--20th century.

Technology.

Technological innovations--United States--History.

Technological innovations.

Political messianism--United States.

Political messianism.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

United States--Territorial expansion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Long before the U.S. became a major force in global affairs, U.S. expansionists assumed a mandate to "civilize" non-Western peoples by demanding submission to American technological prowess and design. Adas pursues the history of this mission through America's foreign relations over nearly four centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN

1. "ENGINS" IN THE WILDERNESS

2. MACHINES AND MANIFEST DESTINY

3. ENGINEERS' IMPERIALISM

4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN AMERICAN CENTURY

5. IMPOSING MODERNITY

6. MACHINES IN THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE

7. TECHNOWAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF

EPILOGUE: THE PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-514) and index.

ISBN:

0-674-02007-3

OCLC:

1013948469