Technology The West

Author : Volker Janssen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520289102
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Minds and Matters Meet written by Volker Janssen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American WestÑwhere such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significanceÑhas been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters Meet calls attention to the convergence of Western history and the history of technology, showing that the regionÕs politics and culture have shaped seemingly placeless, global technological practices and institutions. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, the bookÕs essays take the cultural measure of the regionÕs great technological milestones, including San DiegoÕs Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles. Contributors: Amy Bix, Louise Nelson Dyble, Patrick McCray, Linda Nash, Peter Neushul, Matthew W. Roth, Bruce Sinclair, L. Chase Smith, Carlene Stephens, Aristotle Tympas, Jason Weems, Peter Westwick, Stephanie Young

Author : Marilyn Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848022805
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology in the Country House written by Marilyn Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together research on the introduction of domestic technologies into country houses and their estates.

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142004103
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River of Shadows written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, The Mark Lynton History Prize, and the Sally Hacker Prize for the History of Technology “A panoramic vision of cultural change” —The New York Times Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Orwell's Roses explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovation The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit’s new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge—who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically—becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post–Civil War California led directly to the two industries—Hollywood and Silicon Valley—that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.

Author : Darrell M. West
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815722451
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Schools written by Darrell M. West and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly a century ago, famed educator John Dewey said that "if we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow." That wisdom resonates more strongly than ever today, and that maxim underlies this insightful look at the present and future of education in the digital age. As Darrell West makes clear, today's educational institutions must reinvent themselves to engage students successfully and provide them with the skills needed to compete in an increasingly global, technological, and online world. Otherwise the American education system will continue to fall woefully short in its mission to prepare the population to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world. West examines new models of education made possible by enhanced information technology, new approaches that will make public education in the post-industrial age more relevant, efficient, and ultimately more productive. Innovative pilot programs are popping up all over the nation, experimenting with different forms of organization and delivery systems. Digital Schools surveys this promising new landscape, examining in particular personalized learning; realtime student assessment; ways to enhance teacher evaluation; the untapped potential of distance learning; and the ways in which technology can improve the effectiveness of special education and foreign language instruction. West illustrates the potential contributions of blogs, wikis, social media, and video games and augmented reality in K–12 and higher education. Technology by itself will not remake education. But if today's schools combine increased digitization with needed improvements in organization, operations, and culture, we can overcome current barriers, produce better results, and improve the manner in which schools function. And we can get back to teaching for tomorrow, rather than for yesterday.

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and East-West Trade written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428957669
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and East-West trade. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Schaffer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351118080
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Transfer and East-West Relations written by Mark Schaffer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1985, in the deteriorating climate of East-West relations technology transfer became vitally important. The Eastern bloc desperately needed Western technology to assist in the development of the socialist economies, but a proposed US ban on the export of Western technology to the Siberian pipeline project led to increasing tension within the Western alliance abot the nature and scale of high technology that could be safely exported to the East. This book reviews the state of technology transfer to the East in the 1980s and considers the place of Western technology in the Eastern economies. It also discusses the strategic goals of Western technology embargoes. Many of the issues discussed remain pertinent today.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Finance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade and Technology: East-West trade and technology transfer written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Finance and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Darrell M. West
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400835763
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Government written by Darrell M. West and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few developments have had broader consequences for the public sector than the introduction of the Internet and digital technology. In this book, Darrell West discusses how new technology is altering governmental performance, the political process, and democracy itself by improving government responsiveness and increasing information available to citizens. Using multiple methods--case studies, content analysis of over 17,000 government Web sites, public and bureaucrat opinion survey data, an e-mail responsiveness test, budget data, and aggregate analysis--the author presents the most comprehensive study of electronic government ever undertaken. Among other topics, he looks at how much change has taken place in the public sector, what determines the speed and breadth of e-government adoption, and what the consequences of digital technology are for the public sector. Written in a clear and analytical manner, this book outlines the variety of factors that have restricted the ability of policy makers to make effective use of new technology. Although digital government offers the potential for revolutionary change, social, political, and economic forces constrain the scope of transformation and prevent government officials from realizing the full benefits of interactive technology.

Author : Michelle D. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781952271465
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology written by Michelle D. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Concise, nontechnical explanations of major principles of memory and attention, plus ideas for handling technology use in the classroom"--