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Pursell, Carroll

 
9780801885792: The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology
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ISBN 10: 0801885795 ISBN 13: 9780801885792
Editorial: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

Sinopsis

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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Carroll Pursell is an adjunct professor of history at The Australian National University and professor emeritus of history at Case Western Reserve University. He is a former president of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) and the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC). He is the author of From Playgrounds to PlayStation: The Interaction of Technology and Play, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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Editorial
Johns Hopkins University Press
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801885795
ISBN 13 
9780801885792
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
2
Número de páginas
416
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