The History of American Technology -- Spring 1999
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Reading Assignments:
(Assignments to be completed before class on the day listed)
Week 1:
Friday, Jan 29
Cross & Szostak, (Chapter1) "Working the Land in Pre-Industrial Europe and America," pp. 1-17
Week 2:
Monday, Feb 1
Cross & Szostak, (2) "Artisans in the Shop: European Traditions and American Changes in the Eighteenth Century," pp. 18-36
Cross & Szostak, (3) "Women and Work Before the Factory," pp. 37-51Wednesday, Feb 3 -- Last Day to Request an Attendance Record
(Suggested) Cowan, (1) "An Introduction: Housework and its Tools," pp. 3 - 15
Cowan, (2) "Housewifery: Household Work and Household Tools under Pre-Industrial Conditions," pp. 16-39Friday, Feb 5
(Suggested): Livesay, (1) "Introduction," pp. 3-17
Livesay, (2) "The Artist of His Country: Eli Whitney," 19-50
Week 3:
Monday, Feb 8 -- Project Subject Due
Cross & Szostak, (4) "Origins of Industrialization," pp. 52-66
Cross & Szostak, (5) "The Birth of the Factory," pp. 67-81Wednesday, Feb 10
Cross & Szostak, (6) "Iron, Steam, and Rails," pp. 82-103
Friday, Feb 12 Reading Quiz on material through Feb 10 Assignments (not Gordon)
Gordon, (Part I) "Union Through Expansion," pp. 13 - 129
Week 4:
Monday, Feb 15 -- No Class (Presidents Day Holiday)
Cross & Szostak, (7) "Machines and Their Mass Production," pp. 104-119
Livesay, (3) "The Grim Reaper: Cyrus Hall McCormick," pp. 53-84Wednesday, Feb 17
Cross & Szostak, (8) "Machines on the Farm and in the Forest, 1800-1920," pp. 120-134
Friday, Feb 19 -- Project Topic Due
Cross & Szostak, (9) "Americans Confront a Mechanical World, 1800-1900," pp. 135-148
Week 5:
Monday, Feb 22
Gordon, (Part II) "From Local Control to National Purpose," pp. 133 - 263Wednesday, Feb 24
Cowan, (3) "The Invention of Housework: The Early Stages of Industrialization," pp. 40-68
Friday, Feb 26
Cross & Szostak, (13) "The Impact of Technology on Women's Work," pp. 196-211
Week 6:
Monday, Mar 1
Cowan, (4) "Twentieth-Century Changes in Household Technology," pp. 69-101
Wednesday, Mar 3
Cross & Szostak, (10) "The Second Industrial Revolution," pp. 149-162
Friday, Mar 5
Livesay, (4) "The Star-Spangled Scotchman: Andrew Carnegie," pp. 87-125
Week 7:
Monday, Mar 8 -- Project Question Due (last day to change Subj. or Topic)
Cross & Szostak, (11) "Technology and the Modern Corporation," pp. 163-178Wednesday, Mar 10 -- Midterm Exam
Friday, Mar 12 -- "Dummy" Due
Special Session -- Bridges
No Reading Assigned
Week 8:
Monday, Mar 15
Spring Break
Wednesday, Mar 17
Spring Break
Friday, Mar 19
Spring Break
Week 9:
Monday, Mar 22
Cross & Szostak, (12) "Technology and the First Arms Race, 1800-1918," pp. 179-195Wednesday, Mar 24
Livesay, (5) "The Most Useful American: Thomas A. Edison," pp. 127-156
Friday, Mar 26
Livesay, (7) "The Patriarchal Pioneer: Pierre S. Du Pont," pp. 183-212
Week 10:
Monday, Mar 29
Cross & Szostak, (14) "The New Factory," pp. 212-225
Wednesday, Mar 31
Gordon, (Part III) An Urban and Commercial Union," pp. 267 - 349
Friday, April 2
Cross & Szostak, (15) "Innovation, the Great Depression, and the Automobile, 1918-1940," pp. 226-241
Week 11:
Monday, April 5
Livesay, (6) "The Insolent Charioteer: Henry Ford," pp. 159-182
Wednesday, April 7
Livesay, (8) "The Organization Man: Alfred P. Sloan," pp. 213-239
Friday, April 9
Cross & Szostak, (17) "Technology and the Origins of Mass Culture," pp. 256-273
Week 12:
Monday, April 12
Livesay, (9) "Superstar of the Worldwide Car: Henry Ford II," pp. 241-266
Wednesday, April 14
Cross & Szostak, (16) "Mechanizing Sight and Sound," pp. 242-255
Friday, April 16 -- Reading Quiz II (Since the Midterm, but not including Cowan 5)
Cowan, (5) "The Roads not Taken: Alternative Social and Technical Approaches to Housework," pp. 102 - 150
Week 13:
Monday, April 19
Cowan, (6) "Household Technology and Household Work between 1900 and 1940," pp. 151 - 191
Wednesday, April 21
Cross & Szostak, (18) "Airplanes and Atoms," pp. 274-290
Friday, April 23 - Projects Due Date
Review -- No Reading Assigned
Week 14:
Monday, April 26
Livesay, (10) "The Philosopher Scientist: Edwin Land," pp. 269-288
(Suggested): Livesay, (11) "Of Things Past and Things to Come," pp. 289 - 294Wednesday, April 28
Cross & Szostak, (19) " The Postwar Advance of Technology," pp. 291-308Friday, April 30
Cowan, (7) "The Postwar Years," pp. 192 - 216
Week 15:
Monday, May 3
Cross & Szostak, (20) "Modern Americans in a Technological World," pp. 309-323Wednesday, May 5
(Suggested): Cowan, (Postscript) "Less Work for Mother," pp. 217 - 219Friday, May 7
(Suggested): Cross & Szostak, (Afterword) "Into the Future? Government Policy and Technological Innovation: Lessons from the Past," pp. 325-329
Week 16:
Tuesday, May 11 -- 2:00 p.m., Rm-44 -- Final Exam