Joseph J Corn

Biographic Data

ID680063
NAMEJoseph J Corn
GIVEN NAMESJoseph J
FAMILY NAMECorn
SIGNATURECORN J J
AFFILIATIONSStanford University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Willie Hiatt, The Rarified Air of the Modern: Airplanes and Technological Modernity in the Andes

    Open AccessJoseph J Corn, Joseph CornARTICLEThe Journal of Transport History2019

  • Horse Trading in the Age of Cars: Men in the Marketplace (review)

    Joseph J Corn, Joseph CornARTICLETechnology and Culture2009

    Reviewed by: Horse Trading in the Age of Cars: Men in the Marketplace Joseph Corn (bio) Horse Trading in the Age of Cars: Men in the Marketplace. By Steven M. Gelber. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. xii+224. $50. Most readers know from personal experience the reality documented by this book: automobiles are sold under a different ethical and economic dispensation relative to other products. Car buyers do not pay list price, c…

  • A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918 . Robert Wohl

    Joseph J CornARTICLEIsis1997

  • The Gas Station in America . John A. Jakle , Keith A. Sculle

    Joseph J CornARTICLEWinterthur Portfolio1996

  • Highways to Heaven: The Auto Biography of America

    Joseph J Corn, Christopher FinchARTICLETechnology and Culture1995

  • Highways to Heaven: The Auto Biography of America by Christopher Finch

    Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1995

    192 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE innovation in car design and construction. Well-managed railroads looked constantly to improve their efficiency through cars that were larger and more specialized, and possessed more advanced features. But a powerful contrary force impeded these good intentions. As rail fleets grew ever larger, so did the urge to standardize cars as a cost-effective measure for everything from parts to repair facilities to …

  • For the Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association

    Joseph J Corn, Bill RobieARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article For the Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association. by Bill Robie. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. xx, 378 pp. $35.00, ISBN 1-56098-187-3.) Get access Joseph J. Corn Joseph J. Corn Stanford University, Stanford, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994…

  • Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age by Virginia Scharff

    Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1992

    598 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE according to the needs of the majority, but rather with a view to ‘seejing] a fair margin of profit’ ” [p. 31].) Martin presents a variety of materials—industry journals, letters, news clippings, ads, and so on—from the ample and well-organized archives of Bell Canada. Unfortunately, she often accepts at face value the claims that these sources, usuallyjournalists and industry officials, made—for example, t…

  • Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age

    Joseph J Corn, Virginia ScharffARTICLETechnology and Culture1992

  • Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention

    Joseph J Corn, Peter L JakabARTICLETechnology and Culture1991

  • Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention by Peter L. Jakab

    Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1991

    628 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE tion in suburban development and growth as well as the demise of public transportation. The fifth chapter, “The Columbian Exposi­ tion,” is probably the weakest and does not quite succeed in its claim to “challenge the mythology of a virtually automatic American ‘love affair’ with the automobile.” Finally, “Fordism and the Architecture of Production” provides a good summary of the pertinent literature on He…

  • Aviation's Golden Age: Portraits from the 1920s and 1930s

    Joseph J Corn, William M LearyARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Aviation's Golden Age: Portraits from the 1920s and 1950s. Ed. by William M. Leary. (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989. xiv + 201 pp. $22.50.) Get access Joseph J. Corn Joseph J. Corn Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1072–1073, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079111 Published: 01 December 1990

  • The Automobile in American Life

    Joseph J Corn, Steven K Hamp et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989Cited by: 1

    Journal Article “The Automobile in American Life.” Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI 48121 Get access Joseph J. Corn Joseph J. Corn Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 1, June 1989, Page 224, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908370 Published: 01 June 1989

  • The Automobile Age

    Joseph J Corn, James J FlinkARTICLETechnology and Culture1989

  • The Automobile Age by James J. Flink

    Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1989

    1066 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE that deserves continued scrutiny. In this as in other respects, Grand Plans is a genuine contribution to the history of technology. Howard P. Segal Dr. Segal, associate professor of history at the University of Maine, is the author of Technology in America: A Brief History (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1989), with Alan Marcus; and of “ ‘Little Plants in the Country’: Henry Ford’s Village Industries and the B…

  • Superpower: The Making of a Steam Locomotive

    Joseph J Corn, David WeitzmanARTICLETechnology and Culture1988

  • New Perspectives on Technology and American Culture

    Joseph J Corn, Bruce SinclairARTICLETechnology and Culture1988

  • Superpower: The Making of a Steam Locomotive by David Weitzman

    Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1988

    TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews—Labor and Technology 917 Superpower: The Making of a Steam Locomotive. By David Weitzman. Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. Pp. 107; illustrations. $19.95. David Weitzman, author of two popular guides to industrial ar­ chaeology, has now written and illustrated a book describing the de­ sign, construction, and testing of a locomotive. A large-format volume (IDA by 131/4), handsomely produced by David Godine, Super…

  • Mechanical Metamorphosis: Technological Change in Revolutionary America

    Joseph J Corn, Neil Longley YorkARTICLETechnology and Culture1987

  • Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology, and the American Future

    Joseph J CornBOOKImagining Tomorrow1986Cited by: 18

  • Aerial Pioneers: The U.S. Air Mail Service, 1918-1927

    Joseph J Corn, William M LearyARTICLEJournal of American History1986

    Journal Article Aerial Pioneers: The U.S. Air Mail Service, 1918–1927. By William M. Leary. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. 309 pp. $22.50.) Get access Joseph J. Corn Joseph J. Corn Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 2, September 1986, Pages 499–500, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908301 Published: 01 September 1986

  • Selling Tomorrow

    Open AccessEdward Jay Pershey, Roland Marchand et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1986

  • Culture and Computers

    Open AccessJoseph J Corn, Jay David Bolter et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1985

  • The Cambridge Meeting, November 1-4, 1984

    Arnold Thackray, John E O’connor et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1985

    Organizational Notes THE CAMBRIDGE MEETING, NOVEMBER 1-4, 1984 More than 250 people attended the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,. Cambridge, November 1-4, 1984. Jeffrey Sturchio (Center for History of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania) chaired the Program Committee, which included Susan Douglas (Hampshire College) and Stuart W. Leslie ( Johns Hopkins Univ…

  • The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950

    W David Lewis, Joseph J CornARTICLETechnology and Culture1985