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In Context : History and the History of Technology : Essays in Honor of Melvin Kranzberg Research in Technology Studies ; V. 1
author
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Kranzberg, Melvin.
publisher
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Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0934223033
print isbn13
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9780934223034
ebook isbn13
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9780585270722
language
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English
subject
Technology--History, Kranzberg, Melvin.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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T15.I5 1989eb
ddc
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609
subject
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Technology--History, Kranzberg, Melvin.
Page 1
In Context
History and the History of Technology
Page 2
Research in Technology Studies
Series Co-Editors
Stephen H. Cutcliffe Steven L. Goldman
Editorial Advisory Board
Alexis Aldridge EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Paul T. Durbin UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
Melvin Kranzberg GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Edwin T. Layton, Jr. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Donald MacKenzie UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Carl Mitcham POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Jerome R. Ravetz UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Joan Rothschild UNIVERSITY OF LOWELL
Lance Schachterle WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
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In Context
History and the History of Technology
Essays in Honor of Melvin Kranzberg
Research in Technology Studies, Volume 1
Edited by Stephen H. Cutcliffe and Robert C. Post
Page 4
This book is part of a volume set, netLibrary may or may not have all the companion volumes in eBook format.
1989 by Associated University Presses, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
In context. (Research in technology studies; v. 1) "A select bibliography of the publications of Melvin Kranzberg": p. Bibliography: p. 1. TechnologyHistory. 2. Kranzberg, Melvin. I. Kranzberg, Melvin. II. Cutcliffe, Stephen H. III. Post, Robert C. IV. Series. T15.15 1989 609 87-45969 ISBN 0-934223-03-3 (alk. paper)
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Page 5
Contents
List of Illustrations
7
Foreword
Steven L. Goldman and Stephen H. Cutcliffe
9
Introduction
Stephen H. Cutcliffe and Robert C. Post
11
Melvin Kranzberg: An Appreciation
Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
21
List of Contributors
23
Through the Looking Glass; or, News from Lake Mirror Image
Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
29
Some Observations on the Historiography of the Industrial Revolution
Robert P. Multhauf
42
Technical Journals and the History of Technology
Eugene S. Ferguson
53
Technology on Its Toes: Late Victorian Ballets, Pageants, and Industrial Exhibitions
Bruce Sinclair
71
The First Generation: Usher, Mumford, and Giedion Arthur P. Molella
88
Machines, Megamachines, and Systems
Thomas P. Hughes
106
History and Philosophy of Technology: Tensions and Complementarities
Paul T. Durbin
120
Page 6
Contextual Contrasts: Recent Trends in the History of Technology
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