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1、AmericaasSecondCreationThispageintentionallyleftblankAmericaasSecondCreationTechnologyandNarrativesofNewBeginningsDavidE.NyeTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©2003MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanyelectronicormechanicalme
2、ans(includingphotocopying,recording,orinforma-tionstorageandretrieval)withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.SetinSabonbyGraphicComposition,Inc.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataNye,DavidE.,1946–AmericaasSecondCreation:TechnologyandNarrativ
3、esofNewBeginnings/DavidE.Nyep.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0–262–14081–0(hc.:alk.paper)1.Frontierandpioneerlife—UnitedStates.2.Frontierandpioneerlife—UnitedStates—Historiography.3.Technology—Socialaspects—UnitedStates—History.4.Technology—Socialaspects—UnitedStates—Histor-iogra
4、phy.5.Landsettlement—UnitedStates—History.6.Landsettlement—UnitedStates—Historiography.7.Nationalcharacteristics,American.8.UnitedStates—Discoveryandexploration.9.UnitedStates—Colonization.10.UnitedStates—Historicalgeography.I.Title.E179.5N942003978'.02—dc212002029564...naturebuildsusnohouseortemp
5、le,spinsnodress.Shewritesnopoetry,composesnomusic,presentsuswithnoformsofintercourse.Havinggivenoutformsenoughtobegetactivityinhumantaste,shescantsherworkthatwemaygoonandexertacreativefancyforourselves.Thewildforestsareclearedaway,thegreenslopesaredressedandlaidoutsmilinginthesun,thehillsandvalley
6、sareadornedwithbeautifulstructures,theskinsofwildbeastsarelaidasideforrobesofsilkorwool.Inaword,architecture,gardening,music,dress,chasteandelegantmanners—allinventionsofhumantaste—areaddedtotherudimentalbeautyoftheworld,anditshinesforth,ashavingundergoneasecondcreationatthehandofman.—anonymous,“T
7、asteandFashion,”NewEnglanderandYaleReview1(1843),no.2ThispageintentionallyleftblankContentsAcknowledgmentsixIntroduction:IntheAmericanBeginning1Preconditions1NarratingtheAssimilationofNature92SurveyingtheGround21
