{"product_id":"9781405179942","title":"A Companion to American Technology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to American History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to American Technology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarroll Pursell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 19th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Technology\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in America.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e22 original essays by expert scholars cover the most important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the ways in which technologies are organized, such as in the engineering profession, government, medicine and agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, class, and other organizing structures in American society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarroll Pursell\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWhite Heat: People and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eThe Machine in America: A Social History of Technology \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd edition, 2007), and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTechnology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition, 1990) and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2000).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 June 2008\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\u003e9781405179942\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\u003e480\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380007858316,"sku":"9781405179942","price":62.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405179942_e00bc685-abd9-4ca0-9c2f-508a67d81092.jpg?v=1780170516","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405179942","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}