Wade Roush
Biographic Data
| ID | 970048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wade Roush |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wade |
| FAMILY NAME | Roush |
| SIGNATURE | ROUSH W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Eloge: Charles Weiner (1931-2012)
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications (review)
Reviewed by: The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications Wade Roush (bio) The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications. By Paul Starr. New York: Basic Books, 2004. Pp. xii+484. $27.50. Envelopes and postage stamps are not the first things that come to mind under the heading of modern communications technologies. Yet neither invention came into use until the mid-nineteenth century, Paul Starr tell…
Lords of the Harvest (review)
Lords of the Harvest, a journalistic history of genetic engineering in agriculture, is a highly rewarding book for those who persist to the end. It will take you above the fray of the last decade's media battles over "frankenfoods," illuminating some of the hidden motives and preconceptions of both proponents and opponents. It will give you a road map to the last two decades' bewildering changes in the business of farming. And it will give you a …
The Lost World of the Fair by David Gelernter
832 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE and interwar periods? And what can one say of the inevitable com parison of the Black Death with AIDS? Oddly, much of Gimpel’s book is devoted to a loosely connected (or elaborated) subtheme. Not only is innovation in decline, but much of modern technology is misguided to start with. Thus, we see a return to outdated technologies. In chapter 2, he argues that home computers are a disappointment. Apparently…
The Lost World of the Fair
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The Lost World of the Fair by David Gelernter
832 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE and interwar periods? And what can one say of the inevitable com parison of the Black Death with AIDS? Oddly, much of Gimpel’s book is devoted to a loosely connected (or elaborated) subtheme. Not only is innovation in decline, but much of modern technology is misguided to start with. Thus, we see a return to outdated technologies. In chapter 2, he argues that home computers are a disappointment. Apparently…
The Lost World of the Fair
Lords of the Harvest (review)
Lords of the Harvest, a journalistic history of genetic engineering in agriculture, is a highly rewarding book for those who persist to the end. It will take you above the fray of the last decade's media battles over "frankenfoods," illuminating some of the hidden motives and preconceptions of both proponents and opponents. It will give you a road map to the last two decades' bewildering changes in the business of farming. And it will give you a …
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications (review)
Reviewed by: The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications Wade Roush (bio) The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications. By Paul Starr. New York: Basic Books, 2004. Pp. xii+484. $27.50. Envelopes and postage stamps are not the first things that come to mind under the heading of modern communications technologies. Yet neither invention came into use until the mid-nineteenth century, Paul Starr tell…
Eloge: Charles Weiner (1931-2012)
Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Disappointment (1 works)