From the medieval farm implements brought by the first colonists to the invisible links of the internet the history of technology in america is a history of our society as well. The machine in america a social history of technology by carroll w pursell 2007 03 01 books amazonca. In just over 300 pages his the machine in america offers a comprehen sive social history of technology in america that will be valuable to pro fessionals in academic and public history in the last thirty years the history of technology has become a dynamic and self conscious research field studies of technological change have moved from an internalist framework which often focused on . Request pdf on feb 1 2008 nathan ensmenger published the machine in america a social history of technology by carroll w pursell find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The machine in america a social history of technology by carroll w jr pursell 1995 04 29 books amazonca