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Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800s

Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800s

Cravens, Hamilton
Katzman, David M.
Marcus, Alan I.

Paperback

Series: History of American Science and Technology

Medical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0817307931
ISBN13: 9780817307936
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: Apr 30 1996
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.03 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

Addresses the relationships between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies

Technical Knowledge in American Culture is an interdisciplinary volume that brings together leading historians to investigate how science, technology, and medicine have shaped--and been shaped by--American intellectual and cultural traditions since the early nineteenth century. Rather than treating science and technology simply as products of social forces, the contributors examine them as forms of knowledge with their own internal logics, debates, and authority structures. The book asks a central question: how do experts--scientists, engineers, physicians--communicate with one another and with broader audiences, and how does that communication influence American society?

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