Nye, David E. (Author)
MIT Press
Physical Details: x + 371 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Explores the way that narratives about technologies from the log cabin to the railroad and irrigation have been used to explain aspects of American culture.
Review Clarsen, Georgine (2005) Review of "America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 108).
Review Klingle, Matthew W. (2004) Review of "America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings". Agricultural History (p. 238).
Review Punt, Michael (2005) Review of "America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings". Leonardo (p. 262).
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