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Prof. Ronald E. Doel

Department of History
302C Milam Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: (541)-737-3469

Fax: (541)-737-1257
e-mail


last revision: 3 March 2008

 Breaking News
 
 Course assignments
- assignment 1 [now due 5 February]
- assignment 2 [due 21 February]
- Atomic Cafe writing [due 28 Feb.]
- Extra-credit interview [due 11 March]
-Final examination [due 20 March]
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 Websites of the Week
:Race for the Superbomb
Human Radiation Experiments
 Technology in the News
 Loss of the Shuttle [Columbia]
 Terrorism at the Twin Towers
 Technology (New York Times)
 Science Times (New York Times)
 National Missile Defense (W.P.)
 Special Reports (Washington Post)
 Upcoming Events
 Mission Mill trip (details)
 Course Materials
  Reserve Readings
 Valley Library Resources
 Valley Library Catalog
 History Research Guide
 Valley Library Homepage
 HSTS 421 Resources page
 Live Chat with Valley History Specialist Jane Nichols
 U.S. and World Libraries
 Library of Congress (homepage)
 Library of Congress catalog
 The British Library
 Corvallis Environment
 Pacific Northwest from Space
 Corvallis forecast (Weather.Com)
 NOAA Weather Radar [including Corvallis]

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Department of History
HSTS 421 and HSTS 521

Technology and Change:
Technologies and
Their Societies


Valley Library Catalog
HSTS 421 resources
log on to BLACKBOARD
course site
HSTS 421 syllabus
HSTS 521 graduate syllabus (2006)

Resources:

Technology in the
Middle Ages

Building cathedrals in the Middle Ages

Technology
and Nature

George Innes, *The Lackawanna Valley*, 1855

Technology and
the Building of America

12,000 Ford workers at Detroit, 1913


Technology and Exploration

Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, 1914

Technologies of
Mass Production
(And Mass Consumption)

Oil field in Texas, early 20th century [click for larger image]

The Modern
Computer

Whirlwind Computer at MIT, late 1940s - early 1950s


Technological Systems


Technology and War

Atomic test in Nevada, early 1950s

Failures of Technological Systems

Explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger, 1986


The Technology of Space Exploration

Saturn as seen by Voyager spacecraft, early 1980s

Technology and American Culture

Charlie Chaplin in *Modern Times*

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