| Description |
xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Working the land in preindustrial Europe and America -- Ch. 2. Craftsmen in the shop : European traditions and American changes in the eighteenth century -- Ch. 3. Women and work before the factory -- Ch. 4. Origins of industrialization -- Ch. 5. The birth of the factory -- Ch. 6. Iron, steam, and rails -- Ch. 7. Machines and their mass production -- Ch. 8. Machines on the farm and in the forest, 1800-1950 -- Ch. 9. Americans confront a mechanical world, 1780-1900 -- Ch. 10. The second industrial revolution -- Ch. 11. Technology and the modern corporation -- Ch. 12. Technology and war, 1770-1918 -- Ch. 13. The impact of technology on women's work -- Ch. 14. The new factory -- Ch. 15. Innovation, the Great Depression, and the automobile, 1918-40 -- Ch. 16. Mechanizing sight and sound -- Ch. 17. Technology and the origins of mass culture -- Ch. 18. Airplanes and atoms in peace and war -- Ch. 19. The postwar advance of technology -- Ch. 20. Our computer age |
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Ch. 21. Modern Americans in a technological world |
| Summary |
"With a new final chapter covering recent electronic and technological advances, the second edition of Technology and American Society extends coverage of innovations in industry, home, office, agricultural, transport, constructions, and services into the twenty-first century. Offering a global perspective on the development of American technology, the text is structured around a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last three centuries."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
First ed. published 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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| Author |
Szostak, Richard William, 1959-
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| LC no. |
00002549 2004040142 |
| ISBN |
0131896431 paperback |
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