Technology in America

Name: Technology in America
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ISBN: 9780155055315

ISBN-10: 0155055313

ISBN-13: 9780155055315

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Alan I. Marcus, Howard P. Segal

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This brief history of technology in America begins with the colonial period but emphasizes the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The authors break new ground by concentrating on the impact of American society and culture on technology, instead of taking the traditional approach (considering the impact of technology on culture). The organization of the text reflects this perspective by following conventional American history periodization rather than a more limited industry-oriented outline (pre-industrial, industrial, and postindustrial). Part Two employs systems and systemization as a theme. The final section of the text (post-1950) has been completely rewritten to reflect recent…

Book details

List price: $124.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




From the Old World to the New, 1607 to the 1830s



Manufacturing America, 1607-1800



The Young Republic and Individual Opportunity, 1800 to the 1830s



Uniformity, Diversity and Systematizing America, Late 1830s to 1920



An American People and a Common Material Experience, Late 1830s to 1870s



Systematizing Power, Communications and the Power to Communicate, 1870s-1920



Systematizing the Fabric of American Life, 1870s-1920l



Systematizing Workers and Their Workplaces, 1870s-1920



Society to Self, 1920 to 2000



Technology as Social Solution, 1920 to 1950, Part I



Technology as Social Solution, 1920 to 1950, Part II



Expressing the Self: Individualism in an Era of Plenty, 1950 to the Late 1960s



Public and Private: Technology as Social Question: The Later 1960s-2000



Private and Public: Technology and Individual Autonomy: The Later 1960s-2000