Civilizing the Machine: Technology and Republican Values in America, 1776-1900

Kasson, John F.

ISBN 10: 0809016206 / ISBN 13: 9780809016204

Edité par Hill and Wang, 1999

Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included. N° de réf. du vendeur GICWV.0809016206.A

Synopsis :

In Civilizing the Machine, John F. Kasson asks how new technologies have affected this drive for a republican civilization-and the question is as vital now as ever.

A major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. Civilizing the Machine was an innovative and compelling work when it first appeared two decades ago: Kasson's analysis of the technical developments in transportation, communication, and manufacture from the Revolution to the of the nineteenth century showed how technologies were dealt with in sources as diverse as the debates of Hamilton and Jefferson; the factories of Lowell, Massachusetts; the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson; the prints of Currier & Ives; and the utopian and dystopian novels of Howells and Twain.

Kasson's profound, wide-ranging inquiry into this central issue in American history is now available again with a new Introduction by the author.

À propos de l'auteur: John F. Kasson, who teaches history and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man; Amusing the Million; Rudeness and Civility; and Civilizing the Machine.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Civilizing the Machine: Technology and ...
Éditeur : Hill and Wang
Date d'édition : 1999
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : acceptable