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America as Second Creation Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings

Paperback • 2004 • English

America as Second Creation Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings

By David E. Nye

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An exploration of the dialogue that emerged after 1776 between different visions of what it meant to use new technologies to transform the land.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 explores the...Show more

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9780262640596

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

America as Second Creation Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings

Format

Paperback

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