A Social History of American Technology

Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Matthew H Hersch (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2017 | 2nd ed.
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-538726-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Ruth Schwartz Cowan is Janice and Julian Bers Professor Emerita of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Matthew H. Hersch is Assistant Professor of History of Science at Harvard University.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2017
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 231 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-538726-0 / 0195387260
ISBN-13	978-0-19-538726-1 / 9780195387261
Zustand	Neuware