A Companion to American TechnologyISBN: 978-1-4051-7994-2
Paperback
480 pages
June 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- An authoritative volume that surveys the history and
historiography of American Technology
- 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