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.
About the Author
Carroll Pursell is Adeline Barry Davee Professor and Chair of the History Department at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of White Heat: People and Technology (1994) and The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology (1995), and the editor of Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas (second edition, 1990).
Features
Contains ten key essays by leading scholars on the social and cultural history of American technology, from the colonial period to the present.
Includes general and sectional introductions, primary documents, and further reading lists.
Explores major themes of American technology, including agricultural tool ownership, working environments, and the intersection of race and gender in technology debates.
