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Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship

Society for the History of Technology

Description

The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. This award is in memory of the co-founder of the Society and honors Melvin Kranzberg's many contributions to developing the history of technology as a field of scholarly endeavor and SHOT as a professional organization.

Recipients

2005 recipient : Alan D. Meyer, "Why Fly? A Social and Cultural History of Private Aviation in Post-World War II America, 1945-1985"