Technology and American society a history / By Gary Cross and Rick Szostak.
| Author/creator | Cross, Gary S. |
| Other author | Szostak, Rick, 1959- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Third edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Working the land in preindustrial Europe and America -- Men and women working in shops and homes before industrialization -- Origins of industrialization -- The birth of the factory -- Iron, steam and rails -- Machines and their mass production -- Machines on the farm and in the forest, 1800-1940 -- Americans confront a mechanical world, 1780-1900 -- The second industrial revolution -- Technology and the modern corporation -- Technology and war, 1770-1918 -- The impact of technology on women's work -- The new factory -- Innovation and the Great Depression, 1918-40 -- The automobile and its culture -- Mechanizing sight and sound -- Wireless electronic media in the home -- Airplanes and atoms in peace and war -- The postwar advance of technology -- The digital age -- Modern Americans in a technological world. |
| General note | Second edition published by Pearson Education Ltd., 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018037113 |
| ISBN | 9781138090330 |
| ISBN | 9781138090347 |
| ISBN | 9781351249119 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |