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
About the Author
Carroll Pursell is Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, and Adjunct professor of Modern History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of White Heat: People and Technology (1994) and The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology (2nd edition, 2007), and the editor of Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas (2nd edition, 1990) and American Technology (Blackwell, 2000).
Features
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
