Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America

by Nathaniel Williams

A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith.

In Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America, Nathaniel Williams analyzes the genre of technology-themed exploration novels--dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles. This genre proliferated during the same cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817319840
• ISBN13: 9780817319847
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"