Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? technological utopianism under socialism, 1917-1989 /

Josephson, Paul R.

Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? technological utopianism under socialism, 1917-1989 / [print] Paul R. Josephson. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : tractors, steel mills, concrete, and other joys of socialism -- Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? Technological utopianism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s -- Proletarian aesthetics : technology and socialism in Eastern Europe -- From kimchi to concrete : the North Korean experiment -- Floating reactors : nuclear hubris after the fall of communism -- Industrial deserts : technology and environmental degradation under socialism -- No hard hats, no steel-toed shoes required : worker safety in the proletarian paradise -- The gendered tractor.



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Technology--Social aspects.
Technology--Political aspects.
Technology and civilization.
Utopian socialism--History--20th century.
Technology--Political aspects.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
Utopian socialism--History--20th century.


Electronic Books.

T14.J83.W685 2010