Science, Technology and Everyday Life, 1870-1950
Colin Chant(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published in March 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-415-03557-6 (ISBN)
Description
Outlines the nature of changes in key areas such as materials, communications and goods and examines the new ideologies of Taylorism and Fordism discussing questions of technological determinism. This book should be of interest to Open University course A282, students and teachers of social history.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations; maps
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-03557-6 (9780415035576)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Electrification 4 Transportation 5 Communications 6 Food 7 Health 8 Human and Social Engineering 9 Conclusion.