STS.001 Technology in American History, Spring 2003

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940-
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2003
Subjects:
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
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34885

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