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APUSH-17-C
Effects of technological development on worker/workplace
Resources:
The Search for a Scientific Culture
Relevant transcripts: Resource Type: Primary Source Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (1875). Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States, 1890-1945—E-Seminar 2, The Search for a Scientific Culture Resource Type: E-Seminar By the end of the nineteenth century, science and technology were exerting a tremendous influence on life in the United States. In this second e-seminar of the series, Casey Nelson Blake explores why Darwin's ideas seemed so revolutionary and how Darwinism helped to move the United States toward a more secular and scientific modern culture. Scientific Advances and Thinking Resource Type: Document-Based Question By the late-nineteenth century, science and scientific thought influenced American intellectual life and culture. The documents attached to this DBQ allow students to assess how the achievements of science were both admired and feared. The Principles of Scientific Management Resource Type: Primary Source Frederick W. Taylor was a mechanical engineer who wrote extensively about scientific management, a method of managing groups of people based on scientific principles, as part of progressive notions of efficiency. His ideas influenced business management theory in America and around the world. The Principles of Scientific Management is a collection of his essays published in 1911. Mechanized Home Laundry Resource Type: Primary Source This drawing dramatically illustrates the increasing mechanization of domestic life during the second decade of the twentieth century. | |
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