Technology in Postwar America: A History

Carroll Pursell

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June, 2007
Cloth, 320 pages, 23 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-12304-4
$36.50 / £25.00

Introduction

1. Arsenal of Democracy

2. The Geography of Everywhere

3. Foreign Aid and Advantage

4. The Atom and the Rocket

5. Factories and Farms

6. “It’s Fun to Live in America”

7. Brain Drain and Technology Gap

8. From technology Drunk...

9. ...To Technology Sober

10. A Wired Environment

11. Standing Tall Again

12. Globalization, Modernity, and the Postmodern

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• American History

About the Author

Carroll Pursell has taught at several universities, including Case Western Reserve, from which he retired as the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He is a former president of the Society for the History of Technology and the International Committee for the History of Technology. He currently serves as adjunct professor of modern history at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

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