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Where Minds and Matters Meet
Volker JanssenAmy BixLinda Nash
出版Univ of California Press, 2012-12-12
主題History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)History / United States / General
ISBN05202891029780520289109
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sJQkDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The American WestÑwhere such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significanceÑhas 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 regionÕs politics and culture have shaped seemingly placeless, global technological practices and institutions. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, the bookÕs essays take the cultural measure of the regionÕs great technological milestones, including San DiegoÕs Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles.



Contributors: Amy Bix, Louise Nelson Dyble, Patrick McCray, Linda Nash, Peter Neushul, Matthew W. Roth, Bruce Sinclair, L. Chase Smith, Carlene Stephens, Aristotle Tympas, Jason Weems, Peter Westwick, Stephanie Young