Dr. Thomas Parke Hughes describes the essential technical core, managerial, social, economic, and cultural characteristics of the British and 2nd Industrial Revolutions on September 22, 1999

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Title Dr. Thomas Parke Hughes describes the essential technical core, managerial, social, economic, and cultural characteristics of the British and 2nd Industrial Revolutions on September 22, 1999
Description The 8th Annual Gould Lecture is opened by Sarah Michalak who welcomes the audience and honors the members of the Gould family. President Machen introduces the speaker, Thomas Parke Hughes, who is a Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and Stanford University. Hughes then gives his speech titled "Industrial Revolution." He describes the essential technical core, managerial, social, economic, and cultural characteristics of the British and 2nd Industrial Revolution. Then, he compares these industrial revolutions to today's "Information Revolution." Speakers: Thomas Parke Hughes; introduction by Sarah Michalak (Director of the Library), J. Bernard Machen (President of the University of Utah
Date 1999-09-22
Spatial Coverage University of Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject University of Utah--Alumni; Science, Technology; Technology, Industry; Engineering; Lectures; Libraries--Special collections--Endowments; Industrial revolution; Industrial revolution--England; Great Britain--History
Collection Number and Name A0214 William R. and Erlyn Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life Series video recordings
Collection Name Gould Lecture Series
Holding Institution Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Genre VHS
Format video/mp4
Extent 01:15:25
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Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv22717/
ARK ark:/87278/s64v3smw
Setname uum_avac
ID 2528064
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64v3smw
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