Books written by Thomas Parke Hughes
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Lewis Mumford: Public Intellectual
This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the numerous and brilliant facets of Lewis Mumford's insights into technology and modern culture.
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Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930
One recent study is Thomas K. McCraw's TVA and the Power Fight , 1933–1939 ( Philadelphia : Lippincott , 1971 ) . ment and private interests , the transition of wartime technology. 21 Boll , Verbundbetriebs , pp . 28-30 .
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The Social Construction of Technological Systems, anniversary edition: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology
An anniversary edition of an influential book that introduced a groundbreaking approach to the study of science, technology, and society. This pioneering book, first published in 1987, launched the new field of social studies of technology.
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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970
Traces the history of the American aptitude for invention and technology, from the development of the incandescent light and the radio through to the Manhattan Project and the space program
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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm
American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm
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Rescuing Prometheus
In his farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the dangers posed by the "military-industrial-university complex." His warning became a rallying cry of liberal dissent and, for some, this partnership...
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The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology
... Interface , environmental Epistemology , 25 EPOR . See Empirical Programme of Relativism Error budget , 201 Esoteric ... Fuel , 264-266 , 268 , 270-271 , 278 cells , 85-86 , 90-91 , 93-96 Function , 230-232 , 234 , 240 , 316 Functional ...
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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970
Hughes presents a history of the American genius for invention and technology, and argues that inventors, industrial scientists, engineers, and designers have been the makers of the first technological nation....
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Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After
The book is international in scope, describing the spread of systems thinking in France and Sweden. The story it tells helps to explain engineering thought and managerial practice during the last sixty years.