The Meaning of Technology. Selected Readings from American Sources

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The Meaning of Technology. Selected Readings from American Sources is written by Montserrat Ginés Gibert and published by Univ. Politèc. de Catalunya. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 8483017334 (ISBN 10) and 9788483017333 (ISBN 13).

The significance of "technology" has been subject of continuous discussion. This selection of readings, ranging from primary sources to scholarly and critical works and literary renderings, is intended to furnish elements for that discussion. The history of the United States began with the advent of the industrial revolution, which, in turn, became an integral part of American national and cultural identity. Accordingly, that country provides an appropriate setting in which to examine the debate on technology. The reader is asked to relate the selected views herein included to his or her own notion of technology and progress as they both relate to the also controversial terms of culture, ideology, nature and gender