The Author of more than 20 books and 200 other publications on technology and society, David Nye has lectured at leading universities in Europe and the United States.
... Ajouter au panier Ajouter au panier le livre de SEGAL Howard P. Date de parution : 03-2012 La... more ... Ajouter au panier Ajouter au panier le livre de SEGAL Howard P. Date de parution : 03-2012 Langue : ANGLAIS Env. ... past to present utopianism, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, through their flourishing in the Renaissance to the famous "dystopias" of Orwell, Huxley, and ...
An assessment of Leo Marx’s career, from his youth in New York and Paris, Harvard education, and ... more An assessment of Leo Marx’s career, from his youth in New York and Paris, Harvard education, and military service in World War II, to the major themes in his scholarship during 65 years of teaching at Minnesota, Amherst College, and MIT. Best known for his The Machine in the Garden, Marx was one of the founding scholars of American Studies, but he also made seminal contributions to the History of Technology and the environmental humanities. His work is a useful legacy for scholars assessing technological solutions proposed to deal with ecological crises.
... S. Fred Spira, Sandra Stelts, Sara Stevenson, Klaus Storsberg, John Taylor, Peeter Tooming, B... more ... S. Fred Spira, Sandra Stelts, Sara Stevenson, Klaus Storsberg, John Taylor, Peeter Tooming, Bud Wagner, Elizabeth Walters, Stanley Weintraub, Thomas M. We-prich, Peter and Phoebe Wilsher, J. Wilson, Philip Winsor, Erika Wolf, Kristi Wormhoudt, Vicky Ziegler, Jens Zorn. ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of American Studies) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online a... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of American Studies) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, £27.95). Pp. 289. ISBN 0 226 67075 9. ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, £27.95). Pp. 289. ISBN 0 226 67075 9. ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy ...
A social history of power failures in New York City illustrates both the public's increasing... more A social history of power failures in New York City illustrates both the public's increasing dependence on electricity and its changing behavior during blackouts, as they shifted from being merely inconvenient (ca. 1910) to paralyzing events (1965 and after). Responses included aesthetic appreciation of the city as a new kind of landscape, a liminal experience of openness and sociability with strangers, criminal activity, especially looting and arson, and a heterotopian break with productivity, transforming the city into an anti-landscape ...
Icons, Magnets of Meaning provides an illust rated catalogue of twelve quintessential American ic... more Icons, Magnets of Meaning provides an illust rated catalogue of twelve quintessential American icons - in cluding blue jeans, surfboards, cosmetics and kitchen gadget s - and looks at the meanings behind these objects '
... Ajouter au panier Ajouter au panier le livre de SEGAL Howard P. Date de parution : 03-2012 La... more ... Ajouter au panier Ajouter au panier le livre de SEGAL Howard P. Date de parution : 03-2012 Langue : ANGLAIS Env. ... past to present utopianism, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, through their flourishing in the Renaissance to the famous "dystopias" of Orwell, Huxley, and ...
An assessment of Leo Marx’s career, from his youth in New York and Paris, Harvard education, and ... more An assessment of Leo Marx’s career, from his youth in New York and Paris, Harvard education, and military service in World War II, to the major themes in his scholarship during 65 years of teaching at Minnesota, Amherst College, and MIT. Best known for his The Machine in the Garden, Marx was one of the founding scholars of American Studies, but he also made seminal contributions to the History of Technology and the environmental humanities. His work is a useful legacy for scholars assessing technological solutions proposed to deal with ecological crises.
... S. Fred Spira, Sandra Stelts, Sara Stevenson, Klaus Storsberg, John Taylor, Peeter Tooming, B... more ... S. Fred Spira, Sandra Stelts, Sara Stevenson, Klaus Storsberg, John Taylor, Peeter Tooming, Bud Wagner, Elizabeth Walters, Stanley Weintraub, Thomas M. We-prich, Peter and Phoebe Wilsher, J. Wilson, Philip Winsor, Erika Wolf, Kristi Wormhoudt, Vicky Ziegler, Jens Zorn. ...
CJO Search Widget (Journal of American Studies) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online a... more CJO Search Widget (Journal of American Studies) What is this? ... Add Cambridge Journals Online as a search option in your browser toolbar. What is this? ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, £27.95). Pp. 289. ISBN 0 226 67075 9. ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, £27.95). Pp. 289. ISBN 0 226 67075 9. ... Harold L. Platt, The Electric City: Energy ...
A social history of power failures in New York City illustrates both the public's increasing... more A social history of power failures in New York City illustrates both the public's increasing dependence on electricity and its changing behavior during blackouts, as they shifted from being merely inconvenient (ca. 1910) to paralyzing events (1965 and after). Responses included aesthetic appreciation of the city as a new kind of landscape, a liminal experience of openness and sociability with strangers, criminal activity, especially looting and arson, and a heterotopian break with productivity, transforming the city into an anti-landscape ...
Icons, Magnets of Meaning provides an illust rated catalogue of twelve quintessential American ic... more Icons, Magnets of Meaning provides an illust rated catalogue of twelve quintessential American icons - in cluding blue jeans, surfboards, cosmetics and kitchen gadget s - and looks at the meanings behind these objects '
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