The American robot : a cultural history /: a cultural history. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dustin A. Abnet.
• Authors: Abnet, Dustin A
• Contents: Introduction: An Intimate and Distant Machine Part 1: God and Demon, 1790–1910 Chapter 1: The Republican Automaton Chapter 2: Humanizing the Industrial Machine Chapter 3: Mechanizing Men Part 2: Masters and Slaves? 1910–1945 Chapter 4: Symbolizing the Machine Age Chapter 5: Building the Slaves of Tomorrow Chapter 6: Conditioning the Robot's Brain Chapter 7: A War against the Machine Age Part 3: Playfellow and Protector, 1945–2019 Chapter 8: Preserving American Innocence Chapter 9: The Postindustrial Gift Chapter 10: Cheerful Robots Epilogue: The American Robot Acknowledgments Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.483; Robots -- Social aspects; Robotics -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226692852
• Related ISBNs: 9780226692715
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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