Technology in postwar America : a history /

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"Carroll Pursell tells the story of the evolution of American technology since World War II. His history links pop culture icons with landmarks in technological innovation and shows how postwar politics left their mark on everything from television, automobiles, and genetically engineered crops...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pursell, Carroll W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
Temas:
Technology > United States > History.
Technology > Social aspects.
Technologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
Technology
Technology > Social aspects
Sozialer Wandel
Technik
Technologie
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Arsenal of democracy
  • 2. The geography of everywhere-- 3. Foreign aid and advantage
  • 4. The atom and the rocket
  • 5. Factories and farms
  • 6. "It's fun to live in America"
  • 7. Brain drain and technology gap
  • 8. From technology drunk ...
  • 9. ... to technology sober
  • 10. A wired environment
  • 11. Standing tall again
  • 12. Globalization, modernity, and the postmodern
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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