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OverviewAddresses the relationships between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies Technical Knowledge in American Culture addresses the relationships between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies and whether what they say and do relates to the larger culture, society, and era. These essays challenge the social impact model by looking at science, technology, and medicine not as social activities but as intellectual activities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hamilton Cravens , etc. , Alan I. Marcus , David M. KarzmanPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.393kg ISBN: 9780817307936ISBN 10: 0817307931 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 April 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""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 ""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 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 Author InformationHamilton 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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