American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970 - Couverture souple

Hughes, Thomas P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226359271 ISBN 13 : 9780226359274

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2004

Synopsis

*PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST*

A sweeping history of the inventors, inventions, and innovations that together created modern America.

A stunning, wide-ranging history from one of the foremost historians of technology of our age American Genesis tells the sweeping story of the technological revolution that made modern America. Unlike other histories of technology, which focus on particular inventions like the light bulb or the automobile, American Genesis makes these inventions characters in a broad chronicle, both shaped by and shaping a culture. By weaving scientific and technological advancement into other cultural trends, and bringing in fascinating characters like Edison, Ford, and Frederick Taylor, Hughes demonstrates here the myriad ways in which the two are inexorably linked, and in a new preface, he recounts his earlier missteps in predicting the future of technology and follows its move into the information age.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas P. Hughes (1923-2014) was the Mellon Professor Emeritus in the Department of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hughes received honorary doctorates from Northwestern University and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, and was a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He was the author or editor of eleven books, including American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226359271
• ISBN 13: 9780226359274
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 548
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