Here's a harvest of books that a couple of hours of reading and
serendipitous encounters has put in my way on Sunday 31 Jan:
CALL NO. TS23 .M45.
AUTHOR Meikle, Jeffrey L., 1949-
TITLE Twentieth century limited : industrial design in America, 1925-1939
IMPRINT Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1979.
SUBJECT Design, Industrial -- United States -- History.
1 > Leyburn Library TS23 .M45 DUE 06-15-99
CALL NO. HB87 .A44.
AUTHOR Akin, William E.
TITLE Technocracy and the American dream : the technocrat movement, 1900-1941
IMPRINT Berkeley : University of California Press, c1977.
SUBJECT Technocracy.
Technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
1 > Leyburn Library HB87 .A44 DUE 06-15-99
CALL NO. CB427 .F83 1969.
AUTHOR Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
TITLE Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity
IMPRINT New York, Overlook Press [1972, c1969]
SUBJECT Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
1 > Leyburn Library CB427 .F83 1969 DUE 06-15-99
CALL NO. GA9 .F85 1992.
AUTHOR Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
TITLE Cosmography : a posthumous scenario for the future of humanity /
IMPRINT New York : Macmillan ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New
York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992.
SUBJECT Cosmography.
1 > Leyburn Library GA9 .F85 1992 DUE 06-15-99
CALL NO. FOLIO T223.C2 F84 1983.
AUTHOR Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
TITLE Inventions : the complete patented works of R. Buckminster Fuller
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Press, [1983]
SUBJECT Patents -- Catalogs.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
1 > Science Library FOLIO T223.C2 F84 1983 NOT CHK'D OUT
CALL NO. HX811 1887 .B33.
AUTHOR Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898.
TITLE Looking backward, 2000-1887; with an introd. by Robert L. Shurter.
IMPRINT New York, Modern Library [c1951]
SUBJECT Utopias.
1 > Leyburn Library HX811 1887 .B33
CALL NO. T40.F86 A3.
AUTHOR Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
TITLE Ideas and integrities, a spontaneous autobiographical disclosure.
IMPRINT Englewood Cliffs, N. J., Prentice-Hall [1963]
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CALL NO. T14.5 .S43 1985.
AUTHOR Segal, Howard P.
TITLE Technological utopianism in American culture / Howard P. Segal.
IMPRINT Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985.
SUBJECT Technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
1 > Science Library T14.5 .S43 1985 NOT CHK'D OUT
CALL NO. PN6231.T3 L3.
AUTHOR Lardner, John.
TITLE The crowning of technocracy, by Prof. John Lardner and Dr. Thomas
Sugrue; illustrated by Mear Lucke, wth a foreword by Horace
Power Ergenjoule (soddy professor of implied science) Ute
reservation, Continental division 6090, North America.
IMPRINT New York, Laboratory of R. M. McBride & company [c1933]
SUBJECT Technocracy.
American wit and humor.
1 > Leyburn Library PN6231.T3 L3 DUE 06-15-99
CALL NO. T14 .F56.
AUTHOR Florman, Samuel C.
TITLE The existential pleasures of engineering / Samuel C. Florman.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Press, c1976.
SUBJECT Technology -- Philosophy.
Engineering.
1 > Science Library T14 .F56 NOT CHK'D OUT
CALL NO. T176 .H84 1998.
AUTHOR Hughes, Thomas Parke.
TITLE Rescuing Prometheus / Thomas P. Hughes.
IMPRINT New York : Pantheon Books, c1998.
SUBJECT Research, Industrial -- United States.
Technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
Science and industry -- United States.
1 > Science Library T176 .H84 1998 NOT CHK'D OUT
CALL NO. T14.5 .C645 1998.
AUTHOR Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
TITLE The golem at large : what you should know about technology /
IMPRINT Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
SUBJECT Technology -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
1 > Science Library T14.5 .C645 1998 NOT CHK'D OUT
CALL NO. T14 .W54 1986.
AUTHOR Winner, Langdon.
TITLE The whale and the reactor : a search for limits in an age of high
technology / Langdon Winner.
IMPRINT Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
SUBJECT Technology -- Philosophy.
1 > Science Library T14 .W54 1986 NOT CHK'D OUT