A Companion to American Technology

Pursell, Carroll

A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in America.

• 22 original essays by expert scholars cover the most important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing
• Analyzes the ways in which technologies are organized, such as in the engineering profession, government, medicine and agriculture
• Includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, class, and other organizing structures in American society

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2008-06-09

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405179942

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Dimensions: 246.9cm x172.7cm

Pages: 480.0