{"product_id":"9780809016204","title":"Civilizing the Machine : Technology and Republican Values in America, 1776-1900","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCivilizing the Machine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John F. Kasson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Civilizing the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, John F. Kasson asks how new  technologies have affected this drive for a republican civilization-and  the question is as vital now as ever. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. \u003ci\u003eCivilizing the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e was  an innovative and compelling work when it first appeared two decades  ago: Kasson's analysis of the technical developments in transportation,  communication, and manufacture from the Revolution to the  of the  nineteenth century showed how technologies were dealt with in sources as  diverse as the debates of Hamilton and Jefferson; the factories of  Lowell, Massachusetts; the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson; the prints  of Currier \u0026amp; Ives; and the utopian and dystopian novels of Howells  and Twain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKasson's  profound, wide-ranging inquiry into this central issue in  American history is now available again with a new Introduction by the  author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tour de force when it first appeared nearly twenty-five years ago, John Kasson's \u003ci\u003eCivilizing the Machine \u003c\/i\u003ehas become a classic, and it remains required reading for anyone interested in the larger implications of the industrial revolution in America. A brilliant, pathbreaking work.” —\u003ci\u003eMerrit Roe Smith, Massachusettes Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A first-rate contribution to our understanding of one of the deepest, most troubling issues in American life: Is the machine our servant or our master?” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Trachtenberg, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This admirably balanced and judicious book is invaluable for understanding the initial phase of America's love\/hate relationship with industrial technology.” —\u003ci\u003eLeo Marx, Massachusettes Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brillant and original achievement.” —\u003ci\u003eLewis Mumford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A provocative and important book. In an America brimming once again with technological enthusiasm and with new questions about republican values, it seems especially appropiate to consider the ways which technological dreams and American society have interacted throughout American history. More than any other book, C\u003ci\u003eivilizing the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these issues shaped American thought and culture.” —\u003ci\u003eSteven Lubar, National Museum of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant work of cultural history and criticism, now a classic.” —\u003ci\u003eThomas Bender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A refreshing and compelling examination.” —\u003ci\u003eNeil Harris, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780809016204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Hill and Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593134977230,"sku":"9780809016204","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c55de430-5798-4a49-9bbc-749245c5e4fa.jpg?v=1637782405","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780809016204","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}