Narratives and Spaces: Technology and the Construction of American Culture

by David E. Nye

Book Overview

Nye analyzes the transformation of the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls into tourist sites, the history of light shows at world's fairs, the New Deal programs designed to provide electricity to rural areas, and the Apollo 11 moon to reveal how the spaces we live in and the technology we use are integral to American identity, and a key part of American self-representation. Nye also turns his attention to the Internet, where technology has not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231111975
• ISBN13: 9780231111973
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher