Early American Technology: Making and Doing Things From the Colonial Era to 1850

Language: English

Published by Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 1994

080782173X / 9780807821732

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Dust jacket condition: Very Good. Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. This collection of original essays documents technology's centrality to the history of early America. Unlike much previous scholarship, this volume emphasizes the quotidian rather than the exceptional: the farm household seeking to preserve food or acquire tools, the surveyor balancing economic and technical considerations while laying out a turnpike, the woman of child-bearing age employing herbal contraceptives, and the neighbors of a polluted urban stream debating issues of property, odor, and health. These cases and others drawn from brewing, mining, farming, and woodworking enable the authors to address recent historiographic concerns, including the environmental aspects of technological change and the gendered nature of technical knowledge. Brooke Hindle's classic 1966 essay on early American technology is also reprinted, and his view of the field is reassessed. A bibliographical essay and summary of Hindle's bibliographic findings conclude the volume. The contributors are Judith A. McGaw, Robert C. Post, Susan E. Klepp, Michal McMahon, Patrick W. O'Bannon, Sarah F. McMahon, Donald C. Jackson, Robert B. Gordon, Carolyn C. Cooper, and Nina E. Lerman. 494 pages. Technology--United States--History--18th century, Technology--United States--History--19th century.

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Title
Early American Technology: Making and Doing Things From the Colonial Era to 1850
Author
McGaw, Judith A. [Editor]
Publisher
Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Publication year
1994
Condition
VG
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
080782173X
ISBN 13
9780807821732
Item weight
34 ounces
Dimensions
6.8 x 1.5 x 9.8 inches
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