Technology and Culture

Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (1985) The following compilation is the twenty-fourth annual bibliogra­ phy of current publications on the history of technology. The reader is referred to previous bibliographies pertaining to the history of technology (see Technology and Culture, Winter 1964, the Spring issues for 1965 and 1966, and the April issues, 1967 through 1986) and to the fifth publication in the SHOT monograph series, Eugene S. Fer­ guson’s Bibliography of the History of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.: SHOT and MIT Press, 1968). As in past years, several individuals have again provided assistance with translation of foreign language titles. Their efforts facilitate ac­ curate subject and chronological classification; therefore, we would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Steven Goldman, Dr. James Saeger, and Victoria Dow of Lehigh University. We also appreciate the assistance of Sydona Baroff of the University of Oklahoma Bass Business History Collection for special access to the collection. We continue to be grateful for the receipt of numerous complimen­ tary subscriptions tojournals, newsletters, and other publications, and to the many individuals, too numerous to list here, who continue to send us citations to books and articles. The preparation of this manuscript for publication requires the dedicated and attentive efforts of several individuals other than the three compilers. We would particularly like to express our gratitude to Mary Jo Carlen and Pastora Thibodeau. Science, Technology and Society Program Lehigh University Fairchild-Martindale Library Information Services Lehigh University Ralph Brown Draughon Library Humanities Department Auburn University Stephen H. Cutcliffe Christine M. Roysdon Judith A. Adams© 1987 by the Society for the History of Technology. All rights reserved. 0040-165X/87/2802-0010$01.00 401 402 Cutcliffe, Roysdon, and Adams CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISIONS I. The 20th Century and Works Covering More than One of Divi­ sions II-V II. Prehistory, Antiquity, and Traditional Societies III. The Middle Ages IV. From the Renaissance through the 17th Century V. The 18th and 19th Centuries CLASSIFICATIONS 1. General and Collected Works (including works covering two or more categories 7—17) 2. Historiography and Documentation (bibliographies, guides, and indexes; problems of libraries and archives) 3. Biography 4. Technical Societies, Technical Education (including muse­ ums and exhibitions) 5. Economic, Political, and Social History 6. General Relationships between Technology and Culture; the Philosophy of Technology 7. Civil Engineering—General and Comprehensive Works 7.1. Architecture and Building Construction 7.2. Bridges; Harbors; Tunnels; Dams (see also Transporta­ tion) 7.3. Surveying: Instruments and Maps; Cartography; Ur­ ban Engineering; Water Supply and Sewerage 8. Transportation—General and Comprehensive Works 8.1. Land Transportation (roads and vehicles; railroads and vehicles) 8.2. Marine Transportation (ships; navigation and charting; canals and boats) 8.3. Air and Space Transportation (aircraft and spacecraft) 9. Energy Conversion (hydraulic engineering; internal combus­ tion engines; steam engines; steam-electric central stations; elec­ trical power transmission; lighting; heating and ventilating; re­ frigeration; nuclear, solar, and direct-conversion power plants) 10. Materials and Processes—General and Comprehensive Works 10.1. Metals: Mining, Processing, Metallurgy 10.2. Chemical Industries; Oil and Gas; Coal; Rubber; Plastics 10.3. Ceramics; Glass; Cement; Stone; Salt 10.4. Paper; Lumber; Textiles; Leather; Bone [LI] Bibliography (1985) 403 11. Electronics; Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Technol­ ogy (tools, machines, instruments, timekeepers, automatic con­ trol; typewriters; sewing machines, etc.; mechanical power trans­ mission; weights and measures) 12. Computing Technology (computers, calculating machinery) 13. Communication and Records (printing; telegraph; telephone; radio; phonographs and recorders; photography) 14. Agricultural and Food Technology 15. Industrial Organization and Labor (management techniques; mass production techniques) 16. Military Technology 17. Industrial Archaeology I. THE 20TH CENTURY AND WORKS COVERING MORE THAN ONE OF DIVISIONS II-V 1. GENERAL AND COLLECTED WORKS Axelrod, Alan, ed. The Colonial Revival in America. New York: Norton, 1985. Pp. 377; illustrations; maps. The material culture of the American colonial re­ vival. Reviewed by Eileen Boris inJour­ nal ofAmerican History 72 (March 1986): 930-31. Blackbourne, Anthony, and Putnam, Robert G. The Industrial Geography of Canada. New York: St. Martin’s, 1984. Pp. 201; maps. Bowser, Hal. “Technology and the Hu­ man Dimension: An Interview with Elting E. Morison,” American Heritage of Invention and Technology 1 (Summer 1985) : 34-41. Briggs, Asa...