Technological utopianism in American culture / Howard P. Segal ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author.

Author
Segal, Howard P. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
20th anniversary ed., 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Published/​Created
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2005.
Description
xiv, 321 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Subject(s)
Notes
Originally published: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-312) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Introduction : technological utopianism as the solution to problems in America
  • 1. The vocabulary of technological utopianism
  • 2. American visions of technological utopia, 1883-1933
  • 3. The American technological utopians
  • 4. The European origins
  • 5. The American origins
  • 6. Technological utopianism and the development of modern American society
  • 7. Prophecy and fulfillment
  • 8. The prospect of a technological plateau
  • 9. Appropriate visions : the uses of utopianism today
  • Epilogue : new perspectives, 1985-2005
  • App. The American technological utopians : their backgrounds and their works.
ISBN
0815630611 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2005019420
OCLC
61169625
RCP
H - S
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