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  1. The Cultural Context of Western Technology: Early Christian Attitudes toward Manual Labor
  2. George Ovitt Jr.
  3. pp. 477-500
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  1. The Diaspora of British Engineering
  2. R. A. Buchanan
  3. pp. 501-524
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  1. More “Small Things Forgotten”: Domestic Electrical Plugs and Receptacles, 1881–1931
  2. Fred E. H. Schroeder
  3. pp. 525-543
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  1. Technology and History: “Kranzberg’s Laws”
  2. Melvin Kranzberg
  3. pp. 544-560
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  1. The Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize
  3. p. 561
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  1. The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize
  3. p. 562
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  1. The Abbott Payson Usher Prize
  3. pp. 563-564
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  1. The Dexter Prize
  3. pp. 565-567
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889539
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  1. The Leonardo da Vinci Medal
  3. pp. 568-576
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  1. The Dearborn, Michigan, Meeting, October 17–20, 1985
  2. Susan J. Douglas, Kathleen Anderson Kraus, William S. Pretzer, George Ovitt Jr., Larry Owens, O. Allan Gianniny Jr., W. David Lewis, Sheldon Hochheiser, Edmund N. Todd, Kathleen Ochs
  3. pp. 577-593
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889542
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  1. The “Man and His Work” Center at the Ha’aretz Museum, Tel Aviv
  2. Alex Keller
  3. pp. 594-596
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  1. “Catalonia, Factory of Spain,” an Exhibition in Barcelona
  2. Thomas F. Glick
  3. pp. 597-603
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  1. The Third Biennial Meeting of the International Working Group on Textile Geography, Barcelona, June 3–7, 1985
  2. Philip Scranton
  3. pp. 604-608
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  1. War in the Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine (review)
  2. Bernard S. Bachrach
  3. pp. 609-610
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  1. The Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century by Larry H. Addington (review)
  2. Arden Bucholz
  3. pp. 611-612
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  1. Arms and Independence: The Military Character of the American Revolution ed. by Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert (review)
  2. David L. Woods
  3. pp. 613-614
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  1. The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 by Ferenc M. Szasz (review)
  2. Barton Hacker
  3. pp. 614-615
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  1. The Day after World War III by Edward Zuckerman (review)
  2. Vincent Vinikas
  3. pp. 616-618
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  1. Energie in der Geschichte/Energy in History: The Topicality of the History of Technology (review)
  2. Jack M. Holl
  3. pp. 618-619
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  1. Water Power in Scotland 1550–1870 by John Shaw (review)
  2. Patrick M. Malone
  3. pp. 620-621
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  1. The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750–1850 by P. J. G. Ransom (review)
  2. Richard Janson
  3. pp. 621-623
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  1. Transport in the Industrial Revolution ed. by Derek H. Aldcroft, Michael J. Freeman, and: The Manchester Ship Canal by David Owen (review)
  2. K. Jack Bauer
  3. pp. 623-624
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889567
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  1. Steelmaking before Bessemer. Vol. 1: Blister Steel: The Birth of an Industry; vol. 2: Crucible Steel: The Growth of Technology by K. C. Barraclough (review)
  2. Kenneth Warren
  3. pp. 624-626
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889569
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  1. A Legacy from Victorian Enterprise: The Briton Ferry Ironworks and the Daughter Companies by C. W. Roberts (review)
  2. Robert B. Gordon
  3. pp. 626-627
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  1. The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building by John Physick (review)
  2. Douglas E. Evelyn
  3. pp. 627-629
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  1. Pictures to Print: The Nineteenth-Century Engraving Trade by Anthony Dyson, and: Printmaking & Picture Printing: A Bibliographical Guide to Artistic & Industrial Techniques in Britain 1750–1900 by Gavin Bridson, Geoffrey Wakeman, and: A Century of American Printmaking, 1880–1980 by James Watrous (review)
  2. Helena E. Wright
  3. pp. 629-632
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889574
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  1. Mills on the Tsatsawassa: A Guide for Local Historians by Philip L. Lord, Jr., Martha A. Costello (review)
  2. J. H. Westbrook
  3. pp. 632-634
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  1. Sault Ste. Marie: A Project Report by Terry S. Reynolds (review)
  2. Harold L. Platt
  3. pp. 634-635
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  1. Du Pont and the International Chemical Industry by Graham D. Taylor, Patricia E. Sudnik (review)
  2. Sheldon Hochheiser
  3. pp. 636-637
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  1. Ethyl: A History of the Corporation and the People Who Made It by Joseph C. Robert (review)
  2. August W. Giebelhaus
  3. pp. 637-639
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  1. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company by Nannie M. Tilley (review)
  2. Robert Korstad
  3. pp. 639-640
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  1. The Authority of Experts: Studies in History and Theory ed. by Thomas L. Haskell, and: TVA: Fifty Years of Grass-Roots Bureaucracy ed. by Erwin C. Hargrove, Paul K. Conkin (review)
  2. Howard P. Segal
  3. pp. 640-642
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  1. The Dream of the Factory-made House: Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann by Gilbert Herbert (review)
  2. Brian Horrigan
  3. pp. 643-644
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  1. The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views of Important Structures, Sites, and Symbols by Donald Martin Reynolds (review)
  2. Carl W. Condit
  3. pp. 645-646
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  1. Province of Reason: American Lives in a New Age of Science by Sam Bass Warner, Jr (review)
  2. Albro Martin
  3. pp. 646-648
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  1. Alice Hamilton: A Life in Letters by Barbara Sicherman, and: Two Sisters for Social Justice: A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott by Lela B. Costin (review)
  2. Judith McGaw
  3. pp. 648-651
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889591
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  1. No Longer an Island: Britain and the Wright Brothers, 1902–1909 by Alfred Gollin (review)
  2. Tom D. Crouch
  3. pp. 651-652
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  1. Airlines of Latin America since 1919 by R. E. G. Davies (review)
  2. Howard Moon
  3. pp. 652-653
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  1. Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1915–1958 by Alex Roland (review)
  2. Wm. David Compton
  3. pp. 653-658
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  1. Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab by W. David Compton, Charles D. Benson (review)
  2. Pamela E. Mack
  3. pp. 658-659
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  1. On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946–1981 by Richard P. Hallion (review)
  2. John V. Becker
  3. pp. 659-661
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  1. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958–1978 by Edward C. Ezell, Linda N. Ezell (review)
  2. Adam L. Gruen
  3. pp. 661-662
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  1. The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin (review)
  2. I. Bernard Cohen
  3. pp. 662-664
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  1. Eugene M. Emme (1919–1985)
  2. Sylvia D. Fries
  3. pp. 665-667
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889608
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  1. Exhibit Reviews
  3. p. 668
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.1986.a889609
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