Sidney Edelstein Prize

Given by Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)

Otros Nombres: Dexter Prize (Inglés), Edelstein Prize (Inglés)
31 Obras 2,443 Libros 18 Reseñas ½ 3.9
The Edelstein Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the history of technology published during the preceding three years (so, for example, books eligible for the 2010 mostrar más award will have been published in 2007–2009). Non-English language books are eligible for three years following the date of their English translation. Previously known as the Dexter Prize, the Edelstein Prize was established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Sidney Edelstein, a noted expert on the history of dyes and dye processes, founder of the Dexter Chemical Corporation, and 1988 recipient of SHOT's Leonardo da Vinci Award. The prize, donated by Ruth Edelstein Barish and her family in memory of Sidney Edelstein and his commitment to excellence in scholarship in the history of technology, consists of a cash award and a plaque mostrar menos
Years:
Todos, 2015 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1981 (1), 1979 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1968 (1)
ObraAño
Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America por Christopher F. Jones
2015
Sensing Changes: Technologies, Environments, and the Everyday, 1953-2003 (Nature, History, Society) por Joy Parr
2011
The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control por Jennifer Karns Alexander
2010
Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930 por Gregory Clancey
2007
Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in the 1930s por Christina Cogdell
2006
The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933 por Emily Ann Thompson
2005
Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America por Angela Lakwete
2004
War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring (Studies in Environment and History) por Edmund Russell
2003
The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present por Martin V. Melosi
2002
The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II por Gabrielle Hecht
2001
Edison: A Life of Invention por Paul Israel
2000
Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China (A Philip E. Lilienthal Book) por Francesca Bray
1999
Engineering the Revolution: Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815 por Ken Alder
1998
A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) por Thomas J. Misa
1997
American Plastic: A Cultural History por Jeffrey L. Meikle
1996
America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940 por Claude S. Fischer
1995
The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel por John H. White Jr.
1994
Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 por David E. Nye
1993
Paris Sewers and Sewermen: Realities and Representations por Donald Reid
1992
Machines as the Measure of Men por Michael Adas
1991
La revolución militar : innovación militar y apogeo de Occidente, 1500-1800 por Geoffrey Parker
1990
Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801-1885 por Judith A. McGaw
1989
Transatlantic Industrial Revolution por David J. Jeremy
1981
Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering por David P. Billington
1979
The Americans : The democratic experience por Daniel Boorstin
1974
From Watt to Clausius por D. S. L Cardwell
1973
Elmer Sperry: Inventor and Engineer por Thomas Parke Hughes
1972
The revolt of the engineers : Social responsibility and the American engineering profession por Edwin T. Layton Jr.
1971
Machina Ex Deo La Tecnología y la Cultra por Lynn Townsend White
1970
The traditional crafts of Persia por Hans E. Wulff
1968
After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century por William Rankin

Descripciones

The Edelstein Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the history of technology published during the preceding three years (so, for example, books eligible for the 2010 award will have been published in 2007–2009). Non-English language books are eligible for three years following the date of their English translation. Previously known as the Dexter Prize, the Edelstein Prize was established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Sidney Edelstein, a noted expert on the history of dyes and dye processes, founder of the Dexter Chemical Corporation, and 1988 recipient of SHOT's Leonardo da Vinci Award. The prize, donated by Ruth Edelstein Barish and her family in memory of Sidney Edelstein and his commitment to excellence in scholarship in the history of technology, consists of a cash award and a plaque (English, Escritos por miembros)
The Dexter Prize is the annual award from the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) for the best new book in the field of history of technology. The first award was given in 1968. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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