A Social History of American Technology

Ruth Schwartz Cowan

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A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to the technological systems--cars and computers, aircraft and antibiotics--that we are familiar with today. Ruth Schwartz Cowan and Matthew H. Hersch demonstrate how technological change has always been closely related to social and economic development, and examine the important mutual relationships between social history and technological change. They explain how the unique characteristics of American cultures and American geography have affected the technologies that have been invented, manufactured, and used throughout the years--and also the reverse: how those technologies have affected the daily lives, the unique cultures, and the environments of all Americans.

Book Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: Mar 31st, 2017
Pages: 400
Language: English
Edition: undefined - 0002
Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 0.70in - 1.06lb
EAN: 9780195387261
Categories: • Anthropology - Cultural & Social• History• Social History

About the Author

Ruth Schwartz Cowan is Janice and Julian Bers Professor Emerita of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew H. Hersch is Assistant Professor of History of Science at Harvard University.