American Technological Sublime continues the exploration of the social construction of technology that David Nye began in his award-winning book Electrifying America. Here Nye examines the continuing appeal of the "technological sublime" (a term coined by Perry Miller) as a key to the nation's history, using as examples the natural sites, architectural forms, and technological achievements that ordinary people have valued intensely.

MIT Press, 1996.
ISBN: 9780262640343. 362 pp.
Illus.
Softcover. Very good.
Fore-edge spotted.