American Technology (Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History)
Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Item #2325995
ISBN: 0631219978
1st printing. An exceptional copy.
362 pp. American Technology brings together ten fascinating and important stories of the ways in which Americans, from colonial times to the present, have embraced, rejected, interacted with, and understood the technologies with which they have lived and worked. Topics include the colonial home, the shop floor, the doctor's office, and the telephone exchange, as well as New England mill-sites, nuclear power, and the Internet. Each scholarly account is accompanied by primary documents and a list of further readings.
Price: $10.00
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