STS 6261 - [Seminar in the History of Technology]

(crosslisted)
(also HIST 6190)

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

R. Kline.

A seminar on the historiography of technology in Europe and the U.S. from the 18th century to the present. Typical topics include the “industrial revolution” in Britain; military support of technological change; the “incorporation” of science and engineering; cultural myths of engineers and inventors; technology and colonialism; gender, labor, and users of technology; urbanization, “modernization,” and technology in rural life; post-war consumerism; science and technology in the cold war; and technology in the environment.