The work ethic in industrial America, 1850-1920 /

"Rodgers's book is a study of how technology affects ideas. That is the issue to which Rodgers always returns: how did men and women react to the economy of unprecedented plenty that the 19th-century revolution in power and machines had produced? . . . This is certainly . . . one of the mo...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Rodgers, Daniel T.
Körperschaft:
American Council of Learned Societies
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1979, c1978.
Zusammenfassung:
"Rodgers's book is a study of how technology affects ideas. That is the issue to which Rodgers always returns: how did men and women react to the economy of unprecedented plenty that the 19th-century revolution in power and machines had produced? . . . This is certainly . . . one of the most refreshing and penetrating analyses of the relation of diverse levels of 19th-century culture that it has been my pleasure to read in a long time." Carl N. Degler, "Science""
Umfang:
1 online resource (318 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Anmerkungen:
English
ISBN:
9786612089930
9781282089938
1282089935
9780226723495
0226723496
Schlagworte:
Working class > United States > History.
Work.
Middle class > United States > History.
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