Technology & Society
How machines changed daily life: from undersea cables and television to the Shinkansen and the transistor.
Articles on Technology & Society (11)
Converging on the Chip: European Integration and the Semiconductor Race, 1977–1992
How Europe answered American and Japanese chip dominance between 1977 and 1992 through ESPRIT, JESSI and...
From Concorde to Deregulation: How Supersonic Flight Challenged the Governance of Commercial Aviation, 1969–1985
The Concorde’s arrival triggered conflicts over environmental policy, economic regulation, and sovereignty...
Television, Mass Politics, and the Shaping of American Identity: Campaign Innovations in the 1960 Presidential Election
How the 1960 US presidential election turned television into a political instrument, reshaping campaign...
Japan’s Bullet Train: Technological Innovation and National Identity in the Shinkansen Era, 1964–1980
How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train drove postwar economic growth and became a symbol of national resurgence...
Blueprints of Control: How IBM's Punch Card Technology Enabled Nazi Bureaucracy
IBM punch card technology turned Nazi bureaucracy into an engine of control, shaping how the regime...
From Sputnik to Telstar: How Early Satellites Transformed Mass Media and Global Communication, 1957–1965
How Sputnik, Telstar and the first communications satellites reshaped mass media, broadcasting and Cold War...
Transatlantic Wires: Undersea Cables and the Making of Global Communication, 1858–1914
Between 1858 and 1914 transatlantic undersea cables rewired global communication, reshaping imperial politics,...
Transistor Diplomacy: How Early Semiconductor Technology Shaped US-Japan Relations, 1955–1975
How early semiconductor technology reshaped US-Japan relations, trade and industrial power between 1955 and...
Computers, Contested Sovereignty, and the Birth of Automated Governance: The European Commission’s First Digital Transformation, 1970–1990
Between 1970 and 1990, the European Commission's computerization drive reshaped internal bureaucracy, national...
From Kitchen to Kitchenette: The Transformation of Domestic Space and Everyday Life in Postwar Western Europe, 1945–1975
How the Western European kitchen shrank into the kitchenette after 1945, and what that reveals about housing...
Bauhaus School: The Radical Experiment That Shaped Modern Design
The Bauhaus School (1919-1933) fused art, craft and industry, reshaping design before Nazi pressure closed it...
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