A Companion to American Technology (Blackwell Companions to American History)

A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in America. 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 A Companion To American Technology Is A Groundbreaking Collection Of Original Essays That Analyze The Hard-to-define Phenomenon Of Technology In America. Taking A Broadly Historiographical Approach, Twenty-one Leading Scholars Explore Important Features Of American Technology, Including Developments In Automobiles, Television, And Computing. Scholars Of American Technology, As Well As Students, Journalists, And General Readers Will Find This A Compelling Look At America's Machinery, Industry, And Technophilic Culture.--jacket. Part I. Beginnings. Technology In Colonial North America / Robert B. Gordon -- The American Industrial Revolution / James C. Williams. Part Ii. Sites Of Production. The Technology Of Production / Carroll Pursell -- Technology And Agriculture In Twentieth-century America / Deborah Fitzgerald -- House And Home / Gail Cooper -- The City And Technology / Joel A. Tarr -- Technology And The Environment / Betsy Mendelsohn -- Government And Technology / Carroll Pursell -- Medicine And Technology / James M. Edmonson. Part Iii. Sites Of Contest. The North American Body-machine Complex / Chris Hables Gray -- Gender And Technology / Rebecca Herzig -- Labor And Technology / Arwen P. Mohun. Part Iv. Technological Systems. The Automotive Transportation System: Cars And Highways In Twentieth-century America / Bruce E. Seely -- Airplanes / Roger E. Bilstein -- Technology In Space / Roger D. Launius -- Nuclear Technology / M. Joshua Silverman -- Television / Douglas Gomery -- Computers And The Internet: Braiding Irony, Paradox, And Possibility / Jeffrey R. Yost. Part V. Producing And Reading Technological Culture. The Profession Of Engineering In America / Bruce Sinclair -- Popular Culture And Technology In The Twentieth Century / Molly W. Berger -- Art And Technology / Henry Adams -- Critics Of Technology / David E. Nye. Edited By Carroll Pursell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Series......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 12 PART I: BEGINNINGS......Page 18 1 – Technology in Colonial North America......Page 20 2 – The American Industrial Revolution......Page 42 PART II: SITES OF PRODUCTION......Page 64 3 – The Technology of Production......Page 66 4 – Technology and Agriculture in Twentieth-Century America......Page 80 5 – House and Home......Page 94 6 – The City and Technology......Page 108 7 – Technology and the Environment......Page 124 8 – Government and Technology......Page 143 9 – Medicine and Technology......Page 167 PART III: SITES OF CONTEST......Page 188 10 – The North American “Body–Machine” Complex......Page 190 11 – Gender and Technology......Page 210 12 – Labor and Technology......Page 223 PART IV: TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS......Page 242 13 – The Automotive Transportation System: Cars and Highways in Twentieth-Century America......Page 244 14 – Airplanes......Page 266 15 – Technology in Space......Page 286 16 – Nuclear Technology......Page 309 17 – Television......Page 332 18 – Computers and the Internet: Braiding Irony, Paradox, and Possibility......Page 351 PART V: PRODUCING AND READING TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE......Page 372 19 – The Profession of Engineering in America......Page 374 20 – Popular Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century......Page 396 21 – Art and Technology......Page 417 22 – Critics of Technology......Page 440 A......Page 464 B......Page 465 C......Page 466 D-E......Page 467 F......Page 468 G-H......Page 469 I-J-K......Page 470 L-M......Page 471 N......Page 473 O-P......Page 474 Q-R-S......Page 475 T-U......Page 477 V-W......Page 478 X-Y-Z......Page 479