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Re: ?Question for LFB?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:55:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> David
> Landes's venerable _The Unbound Prometheus_ (from which I'm
> *convinced* Maclachlan took his title's inspiration)--he's
> still operating in that same dated and Eurocentric paradigm,
> but it's a grand old book that still appears on every History
> of Technology reading list I've ever seen. ...
I've got a History of Science (and Technology) in America reading list, and
he's not on it. (:
Could be that Eurocentric paradigm along with his subject,
"Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750
to the present."
Landes does get one footnote in Reingold, Science: American Style. It's at
Landes' expense for having muddied an issue (how to get historiographic
evidence for theoreticians/anonymous practitioners/well-known practitioners
driving technological change.) Now you can deliberate Reingold's place on
reading lists...
-Erik
who started out tonight re-reading engineering texts and wound up... here.
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| (...) That's understandible, although technically "in America" refers to the specific cases, not the mindset--in terms of cultural ecumenes, we're firmly a European nation (albeit with more deeply- rooted creole elements). (...) I'd bet the subject (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (Objection re: placement of this noted, but I prefer to keep it semi-public, if only for my performative ego.) (...) My impression is that it's a good read, though deeply flawed. He tells a good story, but he shows the stamp of postivist (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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