This brief history of technology in America begins with the colonial period but emphasizes the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The authors break new ground by concentrating on the impact of American society and culture on technology, instead of taking the traditional approach (considering the impact of technology on culture). The organization of the text reflects this perspective by following conventional American history periodization rather than a more limited industry-oriented outline (pre-industrial, industrial, and postindustrial). Part Two employs systems and systemization as a theme. The final section of the text (post-1950) has been completely rewritten to reflect recent scholarship and technological advances.

Technology in America: A Brief History

History

Marcus, Alan I.

Segal, Howard P.

Americas

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

Surveys the history of technology in the United States, from the tools and methods brought by the first European settlers to contemporary developments and their social implications

Harcourt

Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries.

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Univ of Chicago Pr

In this anniversary edition, Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries - twenty-five writers in all - is reissued with additional material allowing "New Perspectives for 2005.

Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries.

Technological Utopianism in American Culture: Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Syracuse University Press

The commonly held conception of America as a potential utopia to be brought about technological progress is old and familiar, with many European roots. And it is a conception still shared by many Americans (and non-Americans) despite growing doubts about both America's and technology's future. The critical issue, all told, is how to live sanely and humanely in America's pervasively technological society. That is where serious discussion about America's and technology's future ought to begin. And it is the focus of this book.

Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America

Historical Study & Educational Resources

University of Massachusetts Press

Segal examines the historical connection between technology and utopia, and shows how this connection is not just a contemporary western concept, but one that stretches back several centuries.

Technology and Utopia (SHOT Historical Perspectives on Technology)

American Historical Association

Now in a thoroughly updated new edition, this successful textbook surveys the history of technology in America from the 1600s to the 21st century. Alan I Marcus and Howard P. Segal explore the effect society, culture, politics and economics have had upon technological advances, and place the evolution of American technology within the broader context of the development of systems such as transportation and communications. This unique book connects phenomena such as colonial printing presses with the American Revolution; early photographs with the creation of an allegedly unique American character; and high-tech advances in biotechnology with a growing desire for individual autonomy.
This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the history of technology, the history of science, and American history.

Red Globe Press

Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities

This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. 
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<li>Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries</li> <li>Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia</li> <li>Explores the many forms utopias have taken – prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time</li> <li>The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years</li> </ul>

Religion & Spirituality

Wiley/Blackwell

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Technology in America: A Brief History

Technology in America: A Brief History

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

Technological Utopianism in American Culture: Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America

Technology and Utopia (SHOT Historical Perspectives on Technology)

Technology in America: A Brief History

Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities

Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities