Martin William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, and Jeffrey R. Yost, Press, 3rd ed., 2013 Computer: A History of the Information Machine,Westview David Landes, The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial 2nd ed. (Cambridge Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present, University Press, 2003) Allan Isaacman, Cotton is the Mother of Poverty: Peasants, Work, and Rural Struggle in (Heineman, 1995) Colonial Mozambique, 1938-1961 Peter Marsh, The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012) Mass Production Paul Virilio, (Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2012) The Administration of Fear Schedule of discussions and readings: Sept 7: Labor Day, no meeting, classes do not begin until Tuesday, Sept. 8 Sept. 14: Welcome and introduction, and our first discussion, on historical contingency Please look over John K. Brown’s the Eads Bridge: An exploration of “Not counterfactual history of technology,” 55 (2014): Technology and Culture especially through page 527, and come prepared to discuss the idea of means and ends in history, and counterfactual historical arguments. At issue for our discussion will be the idea of historical contingency, and how central assumptions of such contingency are to the developing field of history of technology. Sept. 21: History over the long-term: a dispute Jo and David Armitage, (Cambridge University The History Manifesto Press, 2014) updated 2015 on-line at http://historymanifesto.cambridge.org/ An argument that historians should take up and less specialized approaches. Exchange on Apr. 2015, The History Manifesto,” American Historical “AHR pp. 527-554. Includes: Review, Deborah Cohen and Peter Mandler, A Critique,” History Manifesto: “The 120 (2015): 530-542 American Historical Review Jo Guldi and David Armitage, A Reply to History Manifesto: “The Deborah Cohen and Peter Mandler,” 120 American Historical Review (2015): 543-554
Martin William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, and Jeffrey R. Yost, Computer: A History of the Information Machine,Westview Press, 3rd ed., 2013 David Landes, The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2003) Allan Isaacman, Cotton is the Mother of Poverty: Peasants, Work, and Rural Struggle in Colonial Mozambique, 1938-1961 (Heineman, 1995) Peter Marsh, The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012) Paul Virilio, The Administration of Fear (Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2012) Schedule of discussions and readings: Sept 7: Labor Day, no meeting, classes do not begin until Tuesday, Sept. 8 Sept. 14: Welcome and introduction, and our first discussion, on historical contingency Please look over John K. Brown’s “Not the Eads Bridge: An exploration of counterfactual history of technology,” Technology and Culture 55 (2014): especially through page 527, and come prepared to discuss the idea of means and ends in history, and counterfactual historical arguments. At issue for our discussion will be the idea of historical contingency, and how central assumptions of such contingency are to the developing field of history of technology. Sept. 21: History over the long-term: a dispute Jo and David Armitage, The History Manifesto (Cambridge University Press, 2014) updated 2015 on-line at http://historymanifesto.cambridge.org/ An argument that historians should take up and less specialized approaches. “AHR Exchange on The History Manifesto,” Apr. 2015, American Historical Review, pp. 527-554. Includes: Deborah Cohen and Peter Mandler, “The History Manifesto: A Critique,” American Historical Review 120 (2015): 530-542 Jo Guldi and David Armitage, “The History Manifesto: A Reply to Deborah Cohen and Peter Mandler,” American Historical Review 120 (2015): 543-554
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