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A guide to the culture of science, technology, and medicine / general editor, Paul T. Durbin, area editors, Jerome R. Ravetz ... [et al.]

Author:
Durbin, Paul T  Search this
Physical description:
xl, 723 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Social medicine  Search this
Call number:
Q175.5 .G84X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_127147

A hammer in their hands : a documentary history of technology and the African-American experience / edited by Carroll Pursell

Author:
Pursell, Carroll W  Search this
Lemelson Center  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 397 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Technology--History  Search this
Technology--Social aspects--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_824462

A social history of American technology / Ruth Schwartz Cowan

Author:
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1997
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_535623

Accident prone : a history of technology, psychology, and misfits of the machine age / John C. Burnham

Author:
Burnham, John C (John Chynoweth) 1929-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 328 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Accidents--History  Search this
Accidents--Psychological aspects  Search this
Accidents--Prevention  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Industrial safety  Search this
System safety  Search this
Safety education  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_938521

Afro@digital [videorecording] / Akangbé Productions présents ; a film by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda ; co-production, Akangbé Productions, TV10 Angers, Dipanda Yo! ; producer, N'Diagna Adéchoubou

Title:
Afrodigital
Afro digital
Author:
Bakupa-Kanyinda, Balufu  Search this
Adéchoubou, N'Diagna  Search this
Dubrulle, Laurence  Search this
Akangbé Productions  Search this
TV10 (Television station : Angers, France)  Search this
Dipanda Yo! (Firm)  Search this
California Newsreel (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Videorecordings
Place:
Africa
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Information society  Search this
Internet  Search this
Digital divide  Search this
Information technology--Social aspects  Search this
Telecommunication--Social aspects  Search this
Cybercafes  Search this
Call number:
video 000800
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_829963

Agriculture and modern technology : a defense / Thomas R. DeGregori

Author:
DeGregori, Thomas R  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 268 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Philosophy  Search this
Agricultural innovations  Search this
Agriculture--Environmental aspects  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_720108

All the modern conveniences : American household plumbing, 1840-1890 / Maureen Ogle

Author:
Ogle, Maureen  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
19th century
Topic:
Plumbing--History  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_496013

Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle

Author:
Turkle, Sherry  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 360 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Information technology--Social aspects  Search this
Interpersonal relations  Search this
Human-computer interaction  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_963933

Alternative pathways in science and industry : activism, innovation, and the environment in an era of globalization / David J. Hess

Author:
Hess, David J  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 334 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Science and industry  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_823308

America as second creation : technology and narratives of new beginnings / David E. Nye

Author:
Nye, David E. 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life--Historiography  Search this
Technology--Social aspects--History  Search this
Technology--Social aspects--Historiography  Search this
Land settlement--History  Search this
Land settlement--Historiography  Search this
National characteristics, American  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Historical geography  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_708168

America by design : science, technology, and the rise of corporate capitalism / by David F. Noble

Author:
Noble, David F  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 384 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Production (Economic theory)  Search this
Capitalism  Search this
Science and industry  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
T14.5 .N6 1977X
T14.5.N6 1977X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_87472

American technological sublime / David E. Nye

Author:
Nye, David E. 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 362 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1994
C1994
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
Sublime, The  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_471818

An introduction to science studies : the philosophical and social aspects of science and technology / John Ziman

Author:
Ziman, J. M (John M.) 1925-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1984
C1984
Topic:
Science--Philosophy  Search this
Technology--Philosophy  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
Q175.Z53 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_284305

Anthropological perspectives on technology / edited by Michael Brian Schiffer

Author:
Schiffer, Michael B  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Industries, Primitive  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_627339

Applied geography and development

Author:
Institut für Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklungsländern (Tübingen, Germany)  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 24 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
1980
C1980-
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Human ecology  Search this
Call number:
T1.A653X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_366210

Appropriating technology vernacular science and social power Ron Eglash [and others], editors

Author:
Eglash, Ron 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 401 pages illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2004
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Appropriate technology  Search this
Technologie--Aspect social  Search this
Technologie appropriée  Search this
appropriate technology  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153478

Archaeological approaches to technology / Heather M.-L. Miller

Author:
Miller, Heather Margaret-Louise  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Social archaeology  Search this
Technology--Social aspects--History  Search this
Material culture--History  Search this
Archaeology--Methodology  Search this
Archaeology--Fieldwork  Search this
Antiquities--Collection and preservation  Search this
Call number:
CC72.4 .M54 2007
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910268

Architect or bee? : the human/technology relationship / by Mike Cooley ; introd. by David Noble ; compiled and edited by Shirley Cooley

Author:
Cooley, Mike  Search this
Cooley, Shirley  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 134 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1982
1982, c1980
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Technology and civilization  Search this
Call number:
T14.5 .C77 1982
T14.5.C77 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_435208

Automation, emploi, philosophie, histoire

Author:
Centre de recherche sur la culture technique (France)  Search this
Physical description:
275 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1982
[1982]
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
T2 .T255 no. 7
T2.T255 no. 7
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_196497

Autonomous technology : technics-out-of-control as a theme in political thought / by Langdon Winner

Author:
Winner, Langdon  Search this
Physical description:
x, 386 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1977
C1977
Topic:
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Philosophy  Search this
Technocracy  Search this
Call number:
T14.5 .W56X
T14.5.W56X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_83125

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