The Machine in the Nursery by Jeffrey P Baker
This study examines the transformation that overtook the infant incubator after it was introduced to the US from France in the late 19th century. The author argues that the Americans did more than just adopt the incubator - they re-invented it, so that it became a complex life support system.-
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Water Technology in the Middle Ages
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Steam Laundries
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Leonardo to the Internet
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The Tablet Computer
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To the Digital Age
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The Business of Speed
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American Iron, 1607-1900
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The Telegraph in America, 1832–1920
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Alexanderson
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Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865–1945
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All the Modern Conveniences
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Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation
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Faxed
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Elmer Sperry
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High Performance
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The Technology of Orgasm
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"An adroit use of one case study to address a number of related themes in the history of medical technologies: how technologies are transferred, how technologies are transformed in the process of transfer, incorporating new designs and taking on new meanings along the way, and how devices can be invested with powerful symbolism for the many groups touched by a new technogy"--'Technology and Culture'
Jeffrey P. Baker, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate in the Division of General Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801851735 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801851734 |
| Title | The Machine in the Nursery |
| Author | Jeffrey P Baker |
| Series | Johns Hopkins Studies In The History Of Technology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1996-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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