 American Technology
ISBN: 978-0-631-21996-5
Hardcover
376 pages
February 2001, Wiley-Blackwell
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Introduction.
1. Introduction.
"So Much Depends Upon a Red Wheelbarrow: Agricultural Tool Ownership in the Eighteenth-Century Mid-Atlantic": Judith A. McGaw.
2. Introduction.
Dam-Breaking in the 19th-Century Merrimack Valley: Water, Social Conflict, and the Waltham-Lowell Mills: Theodore L. Steinberg.
3. Introduction.
Working Environments: An Ecological Approach to Industrial Health and Safety: Arthur F. McEvoy.
4. Introduction.
Socially Camouflaged Technologies: The Case of the Electromechanical Vibrator: Rachel Maines.
5. Introduction.
Local History and National Culture: Notions on Engineering Professionalism in America: Bruce Sinclair.
6. Introduction.
Out of the Barns and into the Kitchens: Transformations in Farm Women's Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Christine Kleinegger.
7. Introduction.
Advertising the Atom: Michael Smith.
8. Introduction.
Race and Technology: African American Women in the Bell System, 1945-1980: Venus Green.
9. Introduction.
The Rise and Fall of the Appropriate Technology Movement in the United States, 1965-1985: Carroll Pursell.
10. Introduction.
Hacking Away at the Counterculture: Andrew Ross.
Further Reading.
Index.
1. Introduction.
"So Much Depends Upon a Red Wheelbarrow: Agricultural Tool Ownership in the Eighteenth-Century Mid-Atlantic": Judith A. McGaw.
2. Introduction.
Dam-Breaking in the 19th-Century Merrimack Valley: Water, Social Conflict, and the Waltham-Lowell Mills: Theodore L. Steinberg.
3. Introduction.
Working Environments: An Ecological Approach to Industrial Health and Safety: Arthur F. McEvoy.
4. Introduction.
Socially Camouflaged Technologies: The Case of the Electromechanical Vibrator: Rachel Maines.
5. Introduction.
Local History and National Culture: Notions on Engineering Professionalism in America: Bruce Sinclair.
6. Introduction.
Out of the Barns and into the Kitchens: Transformations in Farm Women's Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Christine Kleinegger.
7. Introduction.
Advertising the Atom: Michael Smith.
8. Introduction.
Race and Technology: African American Women in the Bell System, 1945-1980: Venus Green.
9. Introduction.
The Rise and Fall of the Appropriate Technology Movement in the United States, 1965-1985: Carroll Pursell.
10. Introduction.
Hacking Away at the Counterculture: Andrew Ross.
Further Reading.
Index.
