America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye.
America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye.
America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N978.02/10
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: In the American Beginning -- Preconditions -- 1. Narrating the Assimilation of Nature -- 2. Surveying the Ground -- First Narrative: The Axe -- 3. Axe, Clearing, Cabin -- 4. The Nurturing Forest -- Second Narrative: The Mill -- 5. The Mill, or "Natural Power" -- 6. Pollution and Class...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
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Massachusetts
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2003.
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"After 1776, the former American colonies began to reimagine themselves as a unified, self-created community. Technologies had an important role in the resulting national narratives, and a few technologies assumed particular prominence. Among these were the axe, the mill, the canal, the railroad, and the irrigation dam. In this book David Nye explo...
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America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N978.02/10
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0262140810 :
9780262140812 (hc. : alk. paper)
0262140810 (hc. : alk. paper)
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978.02
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991016942919702626
