Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917-1989 /
Paul R. Josephson.
- 1 online resource (ix, 342 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Introduction : tractors, steel mills, concrete, and other joys of socialism -- Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth? Technological utopianism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s -- Proletarian aesthetics : technology and socialism in Eastern Europe -- From kimchi to concrete : the North Korean experiment -- Floating reactors : nuclear hubris after the fall of communism -- Industrial deserts : technology and environmental degradation under socialism -- No hard hats, no steel-toed shoes required : worker safety in the proletarian paradise -- The gendered tractor.
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Utopian socialism--History--20th century. Technology and civilization. Technology--Political aspects. Technology--Social aspects.