Abbott Payson Usher : American Economic Historian, with the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Rewarding the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, Named in his Honor, Annually since 1961

1883 — June 18, 1965

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An American economic historian. The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) has awarded the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, named in his honor, annually since 1961. In the late 1920s Usher, the American historian Lewis Mumford and the Swiss art historian Sigfried Giedion began to systematically investigate the social consequences of technology.

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1883

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June 18, 1965

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