Carroll Pursell

Carroll Pursell
Born	Carroll Wirth Pursell (1932-09-04) 4 September 1932 (age 93) Visalia, California
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley[1]
Organization	Australian National University
Known for	History of technology

Carroll Pursell is Distinguished Honorary Professor of History at Australian National University and Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History (Emeritus) at Case Western Reserve University.^[2] He was previously professor at Macquarie University and University of California, Santa Barbara and was Distinguished Professor at Lehigh University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was previously president of the Society for the History of Technology and the International Committee for the History of Technology.^[3]

Bibliography

• Pursell, Carroll (2007). Technology in Postwar America: A History. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231123044.
• ⸺ (2007). The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801885792.
• ⸺ (1994). White Heat: People and Technology. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08905-7.

References

1. "Carroll W. Pursell". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
2. "Technology in America". MIT Press. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
3. "Professor Carroll Pursell". Retrieved 14 November 2025.