Minneapolis, 2005 (PDF) - Society for the History of Technology

R&D: Anaconda Copper and the Origins of Science-Based Mining" - abstract
4. Global Circulation of Knowledge in the Solid-State Electronics Industry
Room: Nicollet A3
Organizer: Hyungsub Choi, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Chair: David Hounshell, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Comment: Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Mila Davids, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands, “Solid-State
Technology and International Knowledge Transfer: The Case of Philips”
Hyungsub Choi, Johns Hopkins University, USA, “Circulation of Knowledge in Solid-
State Electronics: A Perspective from the U.S.”
Takushi Ootani, Kibi International University, Japan, “The Introduction and
Development of Transistor Technology in Japan, 1948-1965”
5. The Creation of Automobile-Oriented Landscapes in the 20th Century
Room: Nicollet BC
Organizer: Libbie Freed, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Chair: Thomas Zeller, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Comment: Thomas Zeller, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Christopher Wells, Macalester College, USA “Building for Traffic: Engineers, “Sound”
Roads, and the Path to Federal Aid”
Mathieu Flonneau, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France “The Construction of
Car Dependence in the Parisian Area After the Second World War: Myth and Realities
of 'Americanization'”
Libbie Freed, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, “Roads and the Transformation
of Landscapes in Colonial French Central Africa”
6. Technology's Middle Ground: Exploring Class, Skill and Technological
Change through the Repair of Everyday Things - abstract
Room: Nicollet D1
Organizer: Kevin Borg, James Madison University, USA
Chair: Douglas Harper, Duquesne University, USA