History Post-confederation (1867-)
The Technological Imperative in Canada
An Intellectual History
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774816519
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $32.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774816502
- Publish Date
- Jun 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
From the mid-nineteenth century onward, advocates argued that technology, as a moral force, would strengthen the ties that bound Canada to Britain and Western civilization, while opponents saw technology as a source of American power that threatened Canadian independence. The Technological Imperative in Canada offers new insights into the ideas of influential and lesser-known theorists of technology and morality that will appeal to anyone who wants a Canadian perspective on a critical subject.
About the author
R. Douglas Francis is a professor of history at the University of Calgary. He has published extensively in the areas of Canadian and western Canadian intellectual and cultural history.
Awards
- Short-listed, Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association