Carroll Pursell Boeken

The updated edition explores the evolution of technology in America, incorporating a revised chapter on war technology and fresh insights into information technology, globalization, and environmental issues. Pursell's work provides a comprehensive historical perspective while addressing contemporary challenges and advancements, making it relevant for understanding the interplay between technology and society today.

Along the way, he shows readers how technology enables the forms, equipment, and devices of play to evolve constantly, both reflecting consumer choices and driving innovators and manufacturers to promote toys that involve entirely new kinds of play-from LEGOs and skateboards to beading kits and videogames.