Main entry:

Nye, David E., 1946-

Title & Author:

American technological sublime / David E. Nye.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.

Description:

xx, 362 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-354) and index.
The sublime -- The American sublime -- The railroad: the dynamic sublime -- Bridges and skyscrapers: the geometrical sublime -- The factory: from the pastoral mill to the industrial sublime -- The electrical sublime: the double of technology -- The electric cityscape: the unintended sublime -- Synthesis: the 1939 New York World'd fair -- Atomic bomb and Apollo XI:new forms of the dynamic sublime -- Rededicating the Statue of Liberty -- The consumer's sublime.

Summary:

An historical study of the social construction of American technology from 1820 to the present.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

026214056X
9780262140560
0262640341
9780262640343

Subject:

Technology Social aspects United States.
Technology United States History 19th century.
Technology United States History 20th century.
Sublime, The.
Technologie Aspect social États-Unis.
Technologie États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Technologie États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Sublime.
Technology.
Technology Social aspects.
Geschichte
Soziale Situation
Spitzentechnologie
Technik
Techniek.
Wetenschapssociologie.
Wetenschapsdynamica.
United States.
USA
Society Effects of Technology

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main price related ephemera 267631
Call No.: BIB 101096
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 118846
Call No.: ID T14.5.N93; ID:95-B1705
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main price 267630
Call No.: BIB 101096
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available