Dominance by Design : : Technological Imperatives and America's Civilizing Mission / / Michael Adas.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN
- 1. "ENGINS" IN THE WILDERNESS
- 2. MACHINES AND MANIFEST DESTINY
- 3. ENGINEERS' IMPERIALISM
- 4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN AMERICAN CENTURY
- 5. IMPOSING MODERNITY
- 6. MACHINES IN THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE
- 7. TECHNOWAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF
- EPILOGUE: THE PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX