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A Social History of American Technology by Cowan + Hersch (Author) PAPERBACK
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- 9780195387261
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
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- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Social History of American Technology
- Item Height
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- Item Length
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- Publisher
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- Number of Pages
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A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to the technological systems--cars and computers, aircraft and antibiotics--that we are familiar with today. Ruth Schwartz Cowan and Matthew H. Hersch demonstrate how technological change has always been closely related to social and economic development, and examine the important mutual relationships between social history and technological change. They explain how the unique characteristics of American cultures and American geography have affected the technologies that have been invented, manufactured, and used throughout the years--and also the reverse: how those technologies have affected the daily lives, the unique cultures, and the environments of all Americans.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195387260
ISBN-13
9780195387261
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235092548
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Social History of American Technology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.1in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
9.1in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
T14.5.C69 2018
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Each chapter ends with Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading. Introduction: The Origins of American Technology A Social History of American Technology 1. The Land, the Natives, and the Settlers The Land and the Native Inhabitants The European Settlers The Colonial Economy Colonial Economic Policy and Technological Change Conclusion: Quickening the Pace of Technological Change 2. Agricultural and Craft Work in the Colonies Colonial Farming The Myth of Self-Sufficiency Artisanal Work in the Colonies The Apprenticeship System and Labor Scarcity Printers and Print Shops Iron Foundries and Iron Workers Historical Significance of the Colonial Crafts Conclusion: Reasons for the Slow Pace of Technological Change 3. From Farm to Factory Oliver Evans (1755-1819) Eli Whitney (1765-1825) Samuel Slater (1768-1835) Conclusion: The Unique Character of American Industrialization 4. Transportation Revolutions Transportation Difficulties Toll Roads and Entrepreneurs Canal Building and State Financing Steamboats: Steam Power and State Power Railroads: Completing a National Transportation System Introduction: Industrial Society 5. Technological Systems and Industrial Society Industrialization, Dependency, and Technological Systems The Telegraph System The Railroad System The Petroleum System The Telephone System The Electric System The Character of Industrialized Society Conclusion: Industrialization and Technological Systems 6. Everyday Labor in the Mechanical Age Farmers and Unexpected Outcomes Skilled and Deskilled Workers Unskilled Workers Housewives and House Servants Conclusion: Was Industrialization Good or Bad for Workers? 7. Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Engineers The Patent System: The Public History of Invention Inventors: Changes between 1820 and 1920 Entrepreneurs: Innovation and Diffusion Engineers: Changes between 1820 and 1920 Introduction: New Frontiers, New Fears 20th-Century Technology: Blessing or Curse? 8. Automobiles and Automobility Who Invented the Automobile? Henry Ford and the Mass-Produced Automobile Alfred P. Sloan and the Mass-Marketed American Automobile Automobility and the Road System before 1945 Automobility and the Road System, 1945-1970 The Unexpected Consequences of Automobility Conclusion: The Paradox of Automobility 9. Taxpayers, Generals, and Aerospace The Early Days of Aircraft and the Aircraft Industry World War II: A Turning Point The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex Civilian Spin-offs of the Aviation Revolution From Air Flight to Spaceflight Precision-Guided Weapons and Modern War Conclusion: Costs and Benefits of Military Sponsorship 10. Electronic Communication and Social Control Wireless Telegraphy Wireless Telephony Government Regulation of Wireless Communication Wireless Broadcasting: Radio Television Conclusion: Centralization and Electronic Communication 11. Electronic Brains and Global Villages The Origins of the Computer The Digital Electronic Computer Real-Time Computing and SAGE Electronic Components: The Transistor and the Integrated Circuit IBM and the Maturation of the Computer Industry The Rise of the Personal Computer From ARPANET to Internet Reinventing the Telephone: The Smartphone and Social Networking Conclusion: The Ultimate Failure of Efforts to Control Electronic Communication 12. Foods, Drugs, and Unintended Consequences Science, Technology, and TechnoScience Hybrid Corn Penicillin The Birth Control Pill Conclusion 13. TechnoScience and the Biotech Industry Recombinant DNA The Biotech Industry Begins The First Controversy: Public Rights, Private Interests, and Safety The Flavr Saver Tomato Monsanto and the Continuing GMO Controversy Coda: Thinking About Technology Ideas that Americans Have Associated with Technology Conclusion: How Thinking Historically Helps Us Think About Technology CODA: THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
Copyright Date
2018
Topic
Social Aspects, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Lccn
2016-042405
Dewey Decimal
303.48/30973
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
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