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The American Ideology of Technological Progress: Historical Perspectives by Howard P. Segal - 1996As far as we can determine in the absence of scientific
public opinion polls for most of American history, a clear majority
of Americans have associated technology with progress. Equally
important, those Americans have usually equated technological
progress with social progress. It is therefore reasonable to outline here
what I call the American ideology of technological progress and then
to suggest how it is changing as that historic technological optimism
fades. The relevance of this change to education in America will be
addressed in the final pages of the chapter. To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below: | This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 95, No. 2. |
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- Howard Segal
University of Maine
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HOWARD P. SEGAL is Professor of History at the University of Maine at Orono.
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