[E-BOOK] The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology
♥ Carroll Pursell ♥
| #519521 in Books | Johns Hopkins University Press | 2007-01-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.86 x6.00l,1.22 | File Name: 0801885795 | 416 pages |
||24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.| Pretexts, Motives and The Valid Human Life|By Panopticonman|Pursell's acknowledged primary debt to Leo (The Machine in the Garden) Marx says a lot about his perspective in this nicely paced, often fascinating work of U.S. social history. Perhaps the best way to encapsulate the book is cite Pursell's citation of two quotes: one at the beginning of the book, the other at|||" The Machine in America's modest preface fails to acknowledge the magnitude of the task undertaken by Carroll Pursell... This book succeeds in achieving Pursell's goals." (Robert Martello Isis)
|"Certainly one of the best introducti
From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in America is a history of society as well. Arguing that "the tools and processes we use are a part of our lives, not simply instruments of our purpose," historian Carroll Pursell analyzes technology's impact on the lives of women and men, on their work, politics, and social relationships―and how, in turn, people influence technological de...
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