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Technical Knowledge in American Culture [Elektronische Ressource] : Science, Technology and Medicine Since the Early 1800s

Cravens, Hamilton ; Katzman, David M. ; Marcus, Alan I.

Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2010

279 p.

History Amer Science & Technol

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978-0-8173-0793-6

AK 16700 TB 2360 ZG 8750

 

USA  Naturwissenschaften  Technik  Medizin  Geschichte 1800-1980 

 

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Online-Ressource

978-0-8173-8272-8

 

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. ...