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Technology and choice : readings from Technology and culture / edited by Marcel C. LaFollette and Jeffrey K. Stine. - 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contemplating choice : historical perspectives on innovation and application of technology / Marcel C. LaFollette and Jeffrey K. Stine -- The movement for smoke abatement in 19th-Century Britain / Carlos Flick -- Bursting boilers and the federal power / John G. Burke -- Waves of change : mechanization in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry, 1864-1914 / Patrick W. O'Bannon -- "Touch Someone" : the telephone industry discovers socialbility / Claude S. Fischer-- More "Small Things Forgottten" : domestic electrical plugs and receptacles, 1881-1931 / Fred E. H. Schroeder -- The garbage disposer, the public health, and the good life / SueEllen Hoy -- Government and technology in the Great Depression / Carroll W. Pursell -- "Very Risky Business" : a power reactor for New York city / George T. Mazuzan.



ISBN: 0226467767 9780226467764 0226467775 9780226467771

LCCN: 90015504

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Technological innovations--Social aspects

LC Class. No.: T14.5 / .T44138 1991

Dewey Class. No.: 303.483