{"product_id":"9780631219972","title":"American Technology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Technology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarroll Pursell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarroll Pursell\u003c\/b\u003e is Adeline Barry Davee Professor and Chair of the History Department at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Heat: People and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eThe Machine in America: A Social History of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTechnology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition, 1990).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 February 2001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631219972\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e374\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384151634060,"sku":"9780631219972","price":56.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631219972.jpg?v=1780110578","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631219972","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}