American Cities and Technology : Wilderness to Wired city
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Format
Hardback
Book Series
Cities and Technology
ISBN-10
0415200830
ISBN-13
9780415200837
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 24th, 1999
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
998 grams
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Looks at the social history of technology. Among the issues discussed are the rise of the skyscraper, the coming of the automobile age, relations between private and public transport, & the development of infrastructural technologies.
Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the ''wired city'' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered:
* the rise of the skyscraper
*the coming of the automobile age
* relations between private and public transport
* the development of infrastructural technologies and systems
* the implications of electronic communications
* the emergence of city planning.
* the rise of the skyscraper
*the coming of the automobile age
* relations between private and public transport
* the development of infrastructural technologies and systems
* the implications of electronic communications
* the emergence of city planning.
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