History of Technology Volume 28

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Beskrivning

Technical standards have received increasing attention in recent years from historians of science and technology, management theorists and economists. Often, inquiry focuses on the emergence of stability, technical closure and culturally uniform modernity. Yet current literature also emphasizes the durability of localism, heterogeneity and user choice. This collection investigates the apparent tension between these trends using case studies from across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The History of Technology addresses tensions between material standards and process standards, explores the distinction between specifying standards and achieving convergence towards them, and examines some of the discontents generated by the reach of standards into 'everyday life'. Includes the Special Issue "By whose standards? Standardization, stability and uniformity in the history of information and electrical technologies"

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-03-31
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441141217
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:History of Technology

Utforska kategorier

Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Teknik: allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Ian Inkster is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Recensioner i media

Editors Graeme Gooday and James Sumner have selected a diverse set of articles ...[the book] adds value by challenging how we understand standardization in the realm of technology and industry. It should be read by all those interested in processes of standardization.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: does standardization make things standard?James Sumner and Graeme GoodayMorality, locality and 'standardization' in the work of British consulting electrical engineers, 1880-1914Efstathios ArapostathisTechnology, vision and practice: rethinking closure in the history of artificial illuminationChris OtterStandardization across the boundaries of the Bell System, 1920-1938Andrew L. RussellBattery birds, 'stimulighting' and 'twilighting': the ecology of standardized poultry technologyKaren SayerBasicode: co-producing a microcomputer EsperantoFrank VeraartStandards and compatibility: the rise of the PC platformJames SumnerIPv6: a history of the next-generation InternetLaura DeNardis