Technology and Choice: Readings from Technology and Culture

Contemplating Choice : Historical Perspecties On Innovation And Application Of Technology / Marcel C. Lafollette And Jeffrey K. Stine -- The Movement For Smoke Abatement In 19th-century Britain / Carlos Flick -- Bursting Boilers And The Federal Power / John G. Burke -- Waves Of Change : Mechanization In The Pacific Coast Canned-salmon Industry, 1864-1914 / Patrick W. O'bannon -- Touch Someone : The Telephone Industry Discovers Socialbility / Claude S. Fischer-- More Small Things Forgottten : Domestic Electrical Plugs And Receptacles, 1881-1931 / Fred E. H. Schroeder -- The Garbage Disposer, The Public Health, And The Good Life / Sueellen Hoy -- Government And Technology In The Great Depression / Carroll W. Pursell -- Very Risky Business : A Power Reactor For New York City / George T. Mazuzan. Edited By Marcel C. Lafollette And Jeffrey K. Stine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.