The "Know-How" Tradition
Technology in American History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4024755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John B Rae (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139 |
| Publication date | 1960-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3101056 |
| OpenAlex | W2322658435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
THE EMERGENCE of the History of Technology as a discipline in its own right is an event to be hailed by all those who believe that the role of technology in the story of mankind needs more thorough study and more careful evaluation than it has so far received. It also provides an appropriate opportunity to consider the relationship of this subject to other areas of history. There is a great deal of valuable work being done and still to be done in the History of Technology per se. No field of history, however, can usefully be dealt with in isolation; unless it is related to the whole current of historical change, it is likely to deteriorate into futile scholasticism. Having thus taken a firm stand for the seamless web concept of history I now propose to tear the web apart and deal with only a portion of it:-to wit, the portion comprising the history of the
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2009 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |