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9780815630616

Technological Utopianism in American Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780815630616

  • ISBN10:

    0815630611

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-12-30
  • Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
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Author Biography

Howard P. Segal, Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine, specializes in the history of technology and American history

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Preface to the Original Edition xi
Introduction: Technological Utopianism as the Solution to Problems in America 1(9)
The Vocabulary of Technological Utopianism
10(9)
American Visions of Technological Utopia, 1883--1933
19(26)
The American Technological Utopians
45(11)
The European Origins
56(18)
The American Origins
74(24)
Technological Utopianism and the Development of Modern American Society
98(31)
Prophecy and Fulfillment
129(12)
The Prospect of a Technological Plateau
141(15)
Appropriate Visions: The Uses of Utopianism Today
156(9)
Epilogue: New Perspectives, 1985--2005 165(18)
Appendix: The American Technological Utopians: Their Backgrounds and Their Works 183(10)
Notes 193(86)
Bibliography 279(34)
Index 313

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