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.