Prerequisites: ENGL 101 with a grade of C or better, ENGL 102 pre- or co-requisite with a grade of C or better. This course examines the relationship between technology and society throughout the history of the United States. We analyze the roles and impacts of major technological innovations within their cultural and historical contexts, seeking to understand how these contexts shaped and were shaped by these technologies. This course satisfies the three credit 200 GER in History and Humanities.