View on deck of the USS Monitor looking forward on the starboard side, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. (Image courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. David Mindell
MIT Course Number
STS.340J / ESD.52J
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the consideration of technology as the outcome of particular technical, historical, cultural, and political efforts, especially in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include industrialization of production and consumption, development of engineering professions, the emergence of management and its role in shaping technological forms, the technological construction of gender roles, and the relationship between humans and machines.