A32=Amy Bix
A32=Bruce Sinclair
A32=Carlene Stephens
A32=L. Chase Smith
A32=Linda Nash
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A32=Matthew W. Roth
A32=Patrick McCray
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california culture
california history
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engineering california
engineering the golden state
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golden state history
hetch hetchy dam
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technological innovations
technology and the west
technology in california
the global west
transcending technologies
western history
Product details
- ISBN 9780520289109
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2012
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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 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, and, Stephanie Young.
Volker Janssen is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton.
