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  • 1
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    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
    ISBN: 9780801892325
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (416 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Parallel Title: Print version Machine in America : A Social History of Technology
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pursell, Carroll W., 1932 - The machine in America
    DDC: 303.483
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    Keywords: Industrial revolution ; United States ; Technology ; Social aspects ; United States ; History ; Electronic books ; USA ; Technologie ; Sozialgeschichte ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; USA ; Technik ; Sozialgeschichte
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I: THE TRANSIT OF TECHNOLOGY -- 1 The Tools Brought Over -- 2 Importing the Industrial Revolution -- 3 Improving Transportation -- II: THE DOMESTICATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- 4 The Expansion of American Manufactures -- 5 The Mechanization of Farming -- III: THE IMPRINT OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY -- 6 Creating an Urban Environment -- 7 Westward the Course of Industry -- 8 Export, Exploitation, and Empire -- IV: TECHNOLOGY AND HEGEMONY -- 9 The Coming of Science and Systems -- 10 The Decade of Prosperity and Consumption -- 11 Depression: Study and Subsidy -- 12 Wars and the "American Century" -- 13 Challenge and Change in a Postmodern World -- V: GLOBALIZATION -- 14 Our (Un) Wired World -- 15 America's Global Reach -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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  • 2
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    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
    ISBN: 9780801898419
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (353 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? : Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917-1989
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Josephson, Paul R., 1954 - Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth?
    DDC: 303.4830947
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    Keywords: Technology-Social aspects ; Technology-Political aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Utopian socialism-History-20th century ; Electronic books ; local ; Technology ; Political aspects ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Utopian socialism ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Technik ; Sozialverhalten ; Frühsozialismus ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tractors, Steel Mills, Concrete, and Other Joys of Socialism -- 1 Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Technological Utopianism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s -- 2 Proletarian Aesthetics: Technology and Socialism in Eastern Europe -- 3 From Kimchi to Concrete: The North Korean Experiment -- 4 Floating Reactors: Nuclear Hubris after the Fall of Communism -- 5 Industrial Deserts: Technology and Environmental Degradation under Socialism -- 6 No Hard Hats, No Steel-toed Shoes Required: Worker Safety in the Proletarian Paradise -- 7 The Gendered Tractor -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9781847204332
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 171 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kresl, Peter Karl, 1938 - Planning cities for the future
    DDC: 307.1/216094
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    Keywords: Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtökonomik ; EU-Staaten ; City planning ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their planning at the outset of the 1990s -- 5. How these planning initiatives fared during 1992-2005 -- 6. The ten cities and their planning for 2005-2015 -- 7. Lessons from the past and a look to the future.
    Abstract: Planning cities for the future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, leadership and monitoring of performance. The author also reveals how economic turbulence--macro-economic stagnation, the emergence of competitors such as China and Central Europe and the introduction of the euro for example--all have distinct impacts on the economic development of cities. He also suggests that today's economic strengths may create tomorrow's social pathologies, a fact which city planners must always keep in mind. Peter Kresl's book offers examples of cities that got it right and others that did not
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781847203052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 575 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The international handbook on environmental technology management
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    Keywords: Umwelttechnik ; Umweltmanagement ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Environmental protection Handbooks, manuals, etc Technological innovations ; Management ; Industrial management Handbooks, manuals, etc Environmental aspects ; Technology Handbooks, manuals, etc Management ; Environmental management Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Sustainable development Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books ; Umwelttechnik ; Umweltbezogenes Management ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umwelttechnik ; Management
    Abstract: This important handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental management and technology management. With contributions from more than 55 outstanding authors representing ten countries and five continents, the reader is provided with a vast range of insightful perspectives on the latest industry and policy issues. With the aid of numerous case studies, leading experts reflect on significant changes in the use of technology and management practices witnessed in the last decade
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Ecomodernization and technology transformation -- pt. 3. Environmental technology management in business practices -- pt. 4. Measuring environmental technology management -- pt. 5. Case studies in new technologies for the environment -- pt. 6. Environmental technology management and the future -- pt. 7. Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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