The Machine in America: A Social History of TechnologyJHU Press, 15.03.2007 - 398 Seiten 2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in America is a history of society as well. Arguing that "the tools and processes we use are a part of our lives, not simply instruments of our purpose," historian Carroll Pursell analyzes technology's impact on the lives of women and men, on their work, politics, and social relationships—and how, in turn, people influence technological development. Pursell shows how both the idea of progress and the mechanical means to harness the forces of nature developed and changed as they were brought from the Old World to the New. He describes the ways in which American industrial and agricultural technology began to take on a distinctive shape as it adapted and extended the technical base of the industrial revolution. He discusses the innovation of an American system of manufactures and the mechanization of agriculture; new systems of mining, lumbering, and farming, which helped conquer and define the West; and the technologies that shaped the rise of cities. 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. |
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A Social History of Technology Carroll Pursell. CONTENTS Preface xi Introduction I I THE TRANSIT OF TECHNOLOGY I The Tools Brought Over 9 2 Importing the Industrial Revolution 35 Improving Transportation 3 65 vii Ty CONTENTS II THE ...
... " 271 13 Challenge and Change in a Postmodern World 297 V GLOBALIZATION 14 Our ( Un ) Wired World 319 IS America's Global Reach 337 Notes 357 Further Reading 371 Index 387 PREFACE HIS BOOK IS A BRIEF introduction to the social ix.
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The Tools Brought Over | 9 |
Importing the Industrial Revolution | 35 |
4 | 87 |
The Mechanization of Farming | 109 |
6 | 131 |
7 | 155 |
8 | 169 |
Export Exploitation and Empire | 179 |
The Decade of Prosperity and Consumption | 229 |
Study and Subsidy | 251 |
12 | 271 |
13 | 294 |
14 | 319 |
Americas Global Reach | 337 |
Notes | 357 |
Further Reading | 371 |
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The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology Carroll Pursell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology Carroll Pursell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology Carroll Pursell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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