From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to
the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in
America is a history of society as well. Arguing that "the tools
and processes we use are a part of our lives, not simply
instruments of our purpose," historian Carroll Pursell analyzes
technology's impact on the lives of women and men, on their work,
politics, and social relationships -- and how, in turn, people
influence technological development.
Pursell shows how both the idea of progress and the mechanical
means to harness the forces of nature developed and changed as they
were brought from the Old World to the New. He describes the ways
in which American industrial and agricultural technology began to
take on a distinctive shape as it adapted and extended the
technical base of the industrial revolution. He discusses the
innovation of an American system of manufactures and the
mechanization of agriculture; new systems of mining, lumbering, and
farming, which helped conquer and define the West; and the
technologies that shaped the rise of cities.
In the second edition of The Machine in America, Pursell brings
this classic history up to date with a revised chapter on war
technology and new discussions on information technology,
globalization, and the environment.
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