HIST 109 - Technology in Modern Europe and America,1700-Present

Institution:

University of California-Riverside

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Description:

Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the emergence of modernity in Europe, the first and second industrial revolutions in Europe and America, the development of device commodities as the typical form of consumer technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, philosophical issues in understanding technology, and whether or not the technological social structures in the United States are an exception to those developed in Europe.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCR.EDU

Phone Number:

(951) 827-1012

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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