An examination of technology, on a wide, social scale, and as a phenomenon. Takes a historical view of technology and power in the Cold War era, and in other contexts, featuring the work of Tom Hughes, a man known for his intellectual explorations of technology. DLC: History--technology.
Author(s): Michael Thad Allen, Gabrielle Hecht
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 520
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Disciplined Imagination: The Life and Work of Thomas and Agatha Hughes......Page 10
Introduction Authority, Political Machines, and Technology’s History......Page 24
The Telephone as Political Instrument: Gardiner Hubbard and the Formation of the Middle Class in America, 1875–1880......Page 48
Culture and Technology in the City: Opposition to Mechanized Street Transportation in Late-Nineteenth-Century America......Page 80
The Hidden Lives of Standards: Technical Prescriptions and the Transformation of Work in America......Page 118
Engineering Politics, Technological Fundamentalism, and German Power Technology, 1900–1936......Page 168
Modernity, the Holocaust, and Machines without History......Page 198
Technological Systems, Expertise, and Policy Making: The British Origins of Operational Research......Page 238
Technology, Politics, and National Identity in France......Page 276
The Neutrality Flagpole: Swedish Neutrality Policy and Technological Alliances, 1945–1970......Page 318
About the Authors......Page 356
Index......Page 360
