Shifting gears : technology, literature, culture in modernist America / by Cecelia Tichi.

Main entry:

Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-

Title & Author:

Shifting gears : technology, literature, culture in modernist America / by Cecelia Tichi.

Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1987]
©1987

Description:

xvi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm (4to)

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.
Trees, animals, engines -- Instability, waste, efficiency -- The engineer -- Danger and opportunity -- Machines made of words.
Catalogue of the James J. Kopp Collection, 619
Also issued online.

Summary:

Shifting Gears is a richly illustrated exploration of the American era of gear-and-girder technology. From the 1890s to the 1920s machines and structures shaped by this technology emerged in many forms, from automobiles and harvesting machines to bridges and skyscrapers. The most casual onlooker to American life saw examples of the new technology on Main Street, on the local railway platform, and in the pages of popular magazines.

Resources:
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Table of contents

ISBN:

0807817155
9780807817155
0807841676 (pbk.)
9780807841679 (pbk.)

Subject:

American literature 20th century History and criticism.
Literature and technology United States.
Modernism (Literature) United States.
Popular culture United States.
Cultura popular EE. UU.
Literatura y tecnología EE. UU.
Modernismo (Literatura) EE. UU.
Littérature américaine 20e siècle Histoire et critique.
Littérature et technologie États-Unis.
Modernisme (Littérature) États-Unis.
Culture populaire États-Unis.
American literature
Literature and technology
Modernism (Literature)
Popular culture
Letterkunde.
Amerikaans.
Techniek.
Cultuursociologie.
United States

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19714
Call No.: ID:87-B6884
Status: Available

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