American Technological Sublime

Nye, David E. (Professor and Chair, Center for American Studies, Odense University, Denmark)
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Hardback
384 pages
47 Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Published: 1994
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN / EAN: 026214056X

This text examines the continuing appeal of the "technological sublime" as a key to the nation's history, using as examples the Brooklyn Bridge, Boulder Dam and other natural and architectural forms.