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"A major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. In Civilizing the Machine, John F. Kasson asks how new technologies have affected this drive for a republican civilization-and the question is as vital now as ever. Civilizing the Machine was an innovative and compelling work when it first appeared two decades ago: Kasson's analysis of the technical developments in transportation, communication, and manufacture from the Revolution to the of the nineteenth century showed how technologies were dealt…
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3 editions- Other · English · 1999Hill and Wang · 274 pages · 9780809016204
- Other · English · 1977Penguin Books · 274 pages · 9780140044157
- Other · English · 1976Grossman Publishers · 274 pages · 9780670224845
CivilizationHistoryPolitical scienceSocial aspectsSocial aspects of TechnologyTechnologyTechnology, social aspectsIndustrial revolution