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Where Minds and Matters Meet
Volker Janssen
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Description for Where Minds and Matters Meet
Hardback. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, this book includes essays that take a cultural measure of the region's great technological milestones, including San Diego's Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Janssen, Volker. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 503.
The American West - where such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significance - has been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters Meet calls attention to the convergence of Western history and the history of technology, showing that the region's politics and culture have shaped seemingly placeless, global technological practices and institutions. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, the book's essays take the cultural measure of the region's great technological milestones, including San Diego's Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam ... Read more
The American West - where such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significance - has been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters Meet calls attention to the convergence of Western history and the history of technology, showing that the region's politics and culture have shaped seemingly placeless, global technological practices and institutions. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, the book's essays take the cultural measure of the region's great technological milestones, including San Diego's Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Western Histories
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520289109
SKU
V9780520289109
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About Volker Janssen
Volker Janssen is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton.
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