ACLS Humanities E-Book: Technology in Western civilization

Technology in Western civilization

Pursell, Carroll W., Kranzberg, Melvin.

Year: 1967.

Publisher: Oxford University Press.

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Frontmatter

Part I INTRODUCTION

1 / The Promise of Technology for the Twentieth Century

2 / Technological Trends in the Twentieth Century

3 / Technology and Society in the Twentieth Century

Part II RATIONALIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

4 / The Rationalization of Production

5 / The Rationalization of Management

6 / Technology and Labor in the Twentieth Century

7 / The Organization of Distribution and Marketing

8 / The Social Effects of Mass Production

9 / The Crisis of Abundance

Part III TRANSPORTATION

10 / The Internal-Combustion Engine on Wheels

11 / Rail and Water Transport

12 / The Development of Aviation

Part IV MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

13 / Man Makes His Materials

14 / Building with Steel and Concrete

15 / The Home Environment

Part V ENERGY RESOURCES

16 / Developing the Energy Inheritance

17 / Man Harnesses the Atom

18 / Energy Resources for the Future

Part VI ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS

19 / Electronic Communications

20 / Origins of the Computer

21 / The Impact of Mass Communication

Part VII THE FOOD REVOLUTION

22 / Scientific Agriculture

23 / Mechanization of the American Farm

24 / Pest and Disease Controls

25 / Food Processing and Packaging

26 / Food from the Sea

27 / Food for the Future

Part VIII LAND USE AND RESOURCES

28 / The Resource Revolution

29 / Regional Planning and Development

30 / Urban Planning and Development

Part IX TECHNOLOGY AND THE STATE

31 / Technology and Public Policy

32 / The Problem of Social Control

33 / The Challenge of Underdevelopment

Part X TECHNOLOGY IN WAR

34 / Organization of Military Research

35 / The Mechanization of War, 1880-1919

36 / Three-Dimensional Warfare: World War II

37 / The Contemporary Spectrum of War

38 / Technology and Strategy

39 / The Transfer of Military Technology to Civilian Use

Part XI SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND AUTOMATION

40 / Industrial Research and Development

41 / The Development of Automation

42 / The Impact of Cybernation

Part XII SPACE, CULTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

43 / The Challenge of Space

44 / The "Two Cultures"

45 / Technology's Challenge

Readings and References

Contributors

Subject Index

Name Index

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Title:

Technology in Western civilization : edited by Melvin Kranzberg, Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. ; executive editors Paul J. Grogan, Donald F. Kaiser.

Author:

Pursell, Carroll W; Kranzberg, Melvin

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Technology in Western civilization : edited by Melvin Kranzberg, Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. ; executive editors Paul J. Grogan, Donald F. Kaiser.
Pursell, Carroll W, Kranzberg, Melvin
New York: Oxford University Press, 1967.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02188

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• Technology and civilization
• Technology -- History

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