Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800s: History of American Science and Technology
Autor Mr. Hamilton Cravens, David M. Katzman, Alan I. Marcusen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 1996 – vârsta ani
Technical Knowledge in American Culture is an interdisciplinary volume that brings together leading historians to investigate how science, technology, and medicine have shaped—and been shaped by—American intellectual and cultural traditions since the early nineteenth century. Rather than treating science and technology simply as products of social forces, the contributors examine them as forms of knowledge with their own internal logics, debates, and authority structures. The book asks a central question: how do experts—scientists, engineers, physicians—communicate with one another and with broader audiences, and how does that communication influence American society?
The volume is organized into three major sections, each anchored in a distinct historical moment: Part I: The Rise of Democratic Culture, 1800–1870; Part II: The Age of Hierarchy, 1870–1920; and Part III: Toward an Infinity of Dimensions (20th Century). Across its essays, the book argues that technical knowledge is not just a tool of progress—it is a cultural force shaped by communication, interpretation, and authority. By focusing on case studies rather than sweeping narratives, the volume reveals how expertise operates in practice and how it influences broader debates about science, society, and public trust.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817307936
ISBN-10: 0817307931
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Seria History of American Science and Technology
ISBN-10: 0817307931
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Seria History of American Science and Technology
Notă biografică
Hamilton Cravens is professor of history, Iowa State University. He is author of The Triumph of Evolution: The Nature-Nature Controversy, 1900–1941 and Before Head Start: The Iowa Station and America’s Children.
Alan I Marcus is professor of history and director of the Center for Historical Studies at Iowa State University. He is author of Agricultural Science and the Quest for Legitimacy: Farmers, Agricultural College and Experiment Stations, 1870–1890 and Technology in America: A Brief History.
David M. Katzman is professor of American Studies and of history at the University of Kansas. He is author of Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century and Seven Days a Week: Women and Domestic Service in Industrializing America.
Alan I Marcus is professor of history and director of the Center for Historical Studies at Iowa State University. He is author of Agricultural Science and the Quest for Legitimacy: Farmers, Agricultural College and Experiment Stations, 1870–1890 and Technology in America: A Brief History.
David M. Katzman is professor of American Studies and of history at the University of Kansas. He is author of Before the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century and Seven Days a Week: Women and Domestic Service in Industrializing America.
Recenzii
“This volume vigorously challenges the new social history of science, technology, and medicine. Through a remarkably cohesive series of case studies it demonstrates that underlying cultural notions in any given era shape, inform, and inspire that era’s technical knowledge and discourse. The book will appeal to established scholars and their students alike. This is revisionist history in the best sense.” —Howard P. Segal, University of Maine
“The editors have succeeded in producing a book that possesses both cohesiveness and coherence. The individual essays are illuminating and significant, interesting and provocative. . . . As a group they have an important message to convey that offers a counterweight to the current dominance of social history an alternate point of view that is much needed.” —Gerald N. Grob, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
“The editors have succeeded in producing a book that possesses both cohesiveness and coherence. The individual essays are illuminating and significant, interesting and provocative. . . . As a group they have an important message to convey that offers a counterweight to the current dominance of social history an alternate point of view that is much needed.” —Gerald N. Grob, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Descriere
Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800s, edited by Hamilton Cravens, Alan I. Marcus, and David M. Katzman, is a curated collection of essays examining how specialized knowledge functions within American culture. Organized across three historical periods, this book uses detailed case studies to explore topics such as mechanics’ institutes and early technical education, the popularization of chemistry, the professionalization of medicine, and scientific approaches to race, gender, and public health. Later chapters address the relationship between science and social policy, urban and technological development such as airport planning, and public controversies over risk, including food safety and cancer research. Together, these essays reveal how scientists, physicians, and engineers communicate knowledge within their fields and to the public, highlighting the complex relationship between expertise and American cultural life.