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In Civilizing the Machine, John F. Kasson asks how newtechnologies have affected this drive for a republican civilization-andthe question is as vital now as ever.
A major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. Civilizing the Machine wasan innovative and compelling work when it first appeared two decadesago: Kasson’s analysis of the technical developments in transportation,communication, and manufacture from the Revolution to theof thenineteenth century showed how technologies were dealt with in sources asdiverse as the debates of Hamilton and Jefferson; the factories ofLowell, Massachusetts; the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson; the printsof Currier & Ives; and the utopian and dystopian novels of Howellsand Twain.
Kasson’sprofound, wide-ranging inquiry into this central issue inAmerican history is now available again with a new Introduction by theauthor.
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