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America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings
America as Second Creation Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings
Author: David E. Nye
After 1776, the former American colonies began to reimagine themselves as a unified, self-created community. Technologies had an important role in the resulting national narratives, and a few technologies assumed particular prominence. Among these were the axe, the mill, the canal, the railroad, and the irrigation dam. In this book David Nye exp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262140812
ISBN-10: 0262140810
Publication Date: 5/1/2003
Pages: 383
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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