APS410-Household
Technology
- Why
have Americans traditionally been so interested in labor-saving gadgets?
- Why
was cash significant to the growth of the American economy? What role did
it play in the evolution of work and jobs?
- Give
three examples of failed technologies and social arrangements from the
past. Do you think that they were good ideas? Would you have
purchased or used them? Why or why not?
- How
has the American love of personal independence shaped our choice of
products that we purchase? Name three, and explain how each one
demonstrates this.
- Explain
the "appliance gap." Do you think we have one today, or not? Why
is this significant in American life today?