A Companion to American Technology
ISBN-10: 0631228446
ISBN-13: 9780631228448
$282.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Published on
Feb 4, 2005
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
7.05x1.30x10.00 Inches
Weight
2.15 Pounds
About the Book
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