Main entry:

Nye, David E., 1946-

Title & Author:

Narratives and spaces : technology and the construction of American culture / David E. Nye.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, ©1997.

Description:

xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"First published in 1997 by University of Exeter Press in Great Britain, in the series Representing American culture"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.
1. Constructing Nature: Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon -- 2. Electrifying the American West, 1880-1940 -- 3. Domestic Landscape: Wright Morris's The Home Place -- 4. Reconstructing Rural Space: Four Narratives of New Deal Electrification -- 5. Energy Narratives -- 6. Space of the Past: E.L. Doctorow's World's Fair -- 7. Electrifying Expositions, 1880-1939 -- 8. European self-Representations at the New York World's Fair of 1939 -- 9. Don't Fly Me to the Moon: The Public and the Apollo Space Program -- 10. Postmodernism and the Computer Society -- Conclusion: Technology and the Construction of American Space.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0231111967 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780231111966 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0231111975 (pbk.)
9780231111973 (pbk.)

Subject:

Technology and civilization.
Technology in literature.
Technology Social aspects United States History.
Public spaces United States History 19th century.
Public spaces United States History 20th century.
Technologie et civilisation.
Technologie dans la littérature.
Espaces publics États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Espaces publics États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Civilization.
Public spaces.
Technology Social aspects.
Kultur
Literatur
Technik
Öffentlicher Raum
Geschichte
United States Civilization 19th century.
United States Civilization 20th century.
États-Unis Civilisation 19e siècle.
États-Unis Civilisation 20e siècle.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236902
Call No.: BIB 166751
Status: Available