STS.001 Technology in American History, Spring 2003
A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial...
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| author | Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940- |
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| description | A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial corporation; the social relations of production; and the hallmarks of science-based industry. Views technology as part of the larger culture and reveals innovation as a process consisting of a range of possibilities that are chosen or rejected according to the social criteria of the time. From the course home page: Course Description This course will consider the ways in which technology, broadly defined, has contributed to the building of American society from colonial times to the present. This course has three primary goals: to train students to ask critical questions of both technology and the broader American culture of which it is a part; to provide an historical perspective with which to frame and address such questions; and to encourage students to be neither blind critics of new technologies, nor blind advocates for technologies in general, but thoughtful and educated participants in the democratic process. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/348852025-02-20T22:03:55Z STS.001 Technology in American History, Spring 2003 Technology in American History Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society colonization Civil War World War II Cold War industrialization mass production craftsmanship transportation Taylorism aeronautics systems approach computers control automation nature popular culture terrorism rural society agrarian society artisan society industrial society power industrial capitalism factory system transport communication industrial corporation social relations production science-based industry technology innovation process social criteria American history America technologies democratic process political politics progress United States U.S. Science -- History -- United States A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial corporation; the social relations of production; and the hallmarks of science-based industry. Views technology as part of the larger culture and reveals innovation as a process consisting of a range of possibilities that are chosen or rejected according to the social criteria of the time. From the course home page: Course Description This course will consider the ways in which technology, broadly defined, has contributed to the building of American society from colonial times to the present. This course has three primary goals: to train students to ask critical questions of both technology and the broader American culture of which it is a part; to provide an historical perspective with which to frame and address such questions; and to encourage students to be neither blind critics of new technologies, nor blind advocates for technologies in general, but thoughtful and educated participants in the democratic process. 2003-06 Learning Object STS.001-Spring2003 local: STS.001 local: IMSCP-MD5-9cc6e177482cd9c6d2a6060c4f742b4c http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34885 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. 17085 bytes 20485 bytes 17589 bytes 38323 bytes 19093 bytes 17355 bytes 22538 bytes 13988 bytes 17675 bytes 11 bytes 4586 bytes 18637 bytes 11602 bytes 18220 bytes 4755 bytes 27322 bytes 25313 bytes 4039 bytes 301 bytes 354 bytes 339 bytes 180 bytes 285 bytes 67 bytes 17685 bytes 49 bytes 143 bytes 247 bytes 19283 bytes 262 bytes 58116 bytes 890829 bytes 99897 bytes 165141 bytes 139303 bytes 353985 bytes 32628 bytes 173096 bytes 194870 bytes 142008 bytes 97651 bytes 60276 bytes 162158 bytes 55699 bytes 203753 bytes 25369 bytes 19069 bytes 13801 bytes 54813 bytes 19283 bytes 3486 bytes 811 bytes 813 bytes 830 bytes 561 bytes 2097 bytes 34209 bytes 11505 bytes 10944 bytes 11455 bytes 11013 bytes 10933 bytes 11844 bytes 11588 bytes 10832 bytes 11463 bytes 11843 bytes 11044 bytes 11459 bytes 11476 bytes 11011 bytes 11471 bytes 11456 bytes 11432 bytes 11483 bytes 10942 bytes 11482 bytes 11076 bytes 11456 bytes 11470 bytes 11035 bytes 11488 bytes 11865 bytes 10969 bytes 11459 bytes text/html Spring 2003 |
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| topic | colonization Civil War World War II Cold War industrialization mass production craftsmanship transportation Taylorism aeronautics systems approach computers control automation nature popular culture terrorism rural society agrarian society artisan society industrial society power industrial capitalism factory system transport communication industrial corporation social relations production science-based industry technology innovation process social criteria American history America technologies democratic process political politics progress United States U.S. Science -- History -- United States |
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