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A Social History of American Technology

Name: A Social History of American Technology
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780195387261
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Contributors:

Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Matthew H. Hersch

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science, Technology & Engineering, History

Book Subcategory:

Anthropology, History, Social History

Book Topic:

Cultural & Social

Edition Description:

2nd Edition

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Release Date:

2017-03-31

ISBN 13:

9780195387261

Weight:

1.06 lbs

Size:

9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inches

Pages:

400

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Description

A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to the technological systems--cars and computers, aircraft and antibiotics--that we are familiar with today. Ruth Schwartz Cowan and Matthew H. Hersch demonstrate how technological change has always been closely related to social and economic development, and examine the important mutual relationships between social history and technological change. They explain how the unique characteristics of American cultures and American geography have affected the technologies that have been invented, manufactured, and used throughout the years--and also the reverse: how those technologies have affected the daily lives, the unique cultures, and the environments of all Americans.

About the Author
Ruth Schwartz Cowan is Janice and Julian Bers Professor Emerita of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew H. Hersch is Assistant Professor of History of Science at Harvard University.

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