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Re: ?Question for LFB?
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Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:08:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
> 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. ...
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> I've got a History of Science (and Technology) in America reading list, and
> he's not on it. (:
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).
> Could be that Eurocentric paradigm along with his subject,
> "Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750
> to the present."
I'd bet the subject is the operative thing keeping him off such
a list, but I'd also be willing to wager that it's because he
contributes little that's really *new*.
> 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...
I admit I'm not nearly as "up" on the HTEH literature specifically
about US history--it's not directly relevant to Africa until after
WWII. But the title does ring a bell, though I know I've never read
it. I work at the Thomas A. Edison Papers project [1] here (part-time),
so I'll ask one of the editors if they've got an opinion. *They*
definitely know the US literature.
best
LFB
[1] Not at all like the Alan Parsons Project, before you ask.
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| (...) I was just playing around. Reingold is secure in Must Be Included status, and I've got enough US literature to read. And I'm supposed to be reviewing engineering, not history. Still: (URL) I see, is on the Joseph Henry Project. That explains (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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