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September 03, 2007

"Shopping List for a Desert Island" – Tom Neale

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September 06, 2007

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley: chapters 1-5; "Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?" – Leo Marx; "The Technological Imperative" – Lewis Mumford

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September 11, 2007

"Technology and Happiness" – James Surowiecki; “Invention’s New Mother” – Chuck Klosterman

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September 13, 2007

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: Introduction and chapter 1

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September 18, 2007

“Transportation Revolutions” – Ruth S. Cowan; America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 7 (147-152)

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September 24, 2007

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 7 (152-173)

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September 25, 2007

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 8; "Sounds" – Henry Thoreau

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September 27, 2007

"Automobiles and Automobility" – Ruth S. Cowan; “Roads Belong in the Landscape” – J.B. Jackson

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