The Tacoma Meeting, 30 September-3 October 2010

摘要

The fifty-second annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology took place in the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington, from 30 September to 3 October 2010. Members of the program committee were Asif Siddiqi (chair), Eda Kranakis, and Tiago Saraiva. Serving on the local arrangements committe were: Bruce Hevly (chair), Keith Benson, Brian Schefke, Brian Freer, and Matt Sneddon (University of Washington, Seattle), Michael Allen and Michael Kutcher (University of Washington, Tacoma), and James Evans, Mott Greene, and Kirsten Soloman (University of Puget Sound). Thanks also to Rueben McKnight (Tacoma Heritage Commission), Dave Louter (National Park Service), Hillary Hunt (Port of Tacoma), and Andrea Mensink and Tami Music (Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitor Bureau) for assistance with local arrangements. Sponsoring institutions included Johns Hopkins University Press, Committee for the History of Environment and Technology at the University of Virginia, University of Puget Sound, and Pacific Lutheran University. Special thanks go to W. Bernard and Jane Carlson.