Mechanical Metamorphosis: Technological Change in Revolutionary America
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Mechanical Metamorphosis: Technological Change in Revolutionary America
By (Author) Neil L. York
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
21st May 1985
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Impact of science and technology on society
History of engineering and technology
609.73
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Reviews
York's convincing and clearly written analysis necessitates a re-evalaution of our understanding of the historical role of technology in the US. The American Revolution seems to have elicited a commitment to a technological republic, not just to abstract political ideals. In opposing restrictive British imperial policy, colonial Americans began to embrace the concept that up-to-date technologies would produce considerable political and economic influence. ... This important volume is an instructive complement to Silvio A. Bedini, Thinkers and Tinkers: Early American Men of Science and John F. Kasson, Civilizing the Machine. Highly recommended for college, university, and public libraries.-Choice
"York's convincing and clearly written analysis necessitates a re-evalaution of our understanding of the historical role of technology in the US. The American Revolution seems to have elicited a commitment to a technological republic, not just to abstract political ideals. In opposing restrictive British imperial policy, colonial Americans began to embrace the concept that up-to-date technologies would produce considerable political and economic influence. ... This important volume is an instructive complement to Silvio A. Bedini, Thinkers and Tinkers: Early American Men of Science and John F. Kasson, Civilizing the Machine. Highly recommended for college, university, and public libraries."-Choice
Author Bio
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