This reader is designed to accompany the Auburn University core course History 1210, Technology and Civilization I. It pulls together classic readings covering topics from the dawn of humankind through the Age of Exploration. Apart from a few minor edits for clarity and length, the essays in this volume are faithful reproductions of the originals.
David
Lucsko
David Lucsko is Professor of History at Auburn University, where he teaches courses in the history of technology, manufacturing, transportation, and waste management. He earned his B.A. from Georgia Tech in 1998 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 2005. He is the author of The Business of Speed: The Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915-1990 (2008) and Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust: Salvaging the Automotive Past (2016).