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Technology in America : a history of individuals and ideas / edited by Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1981.Description: xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0585334013
  • 9780585334011
  • 0262660490
  • 9780262660495
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • T21 .T43
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
Contents:
Introduction : Technology in America / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- Artisan during America's wooden age / Brooke Hindle -- Thomas Jefferson and a democratic technology / Hugo A. Meier -- Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the transfer of technology / Darwin H. Stapleton -- Eli Whitney and the American system of manufacturing / Merritt Roe Smith -- Thomas P. Jones and the evolution of technical education / Bruce Sinclair -- Cyrus Hall McCormick and the mechanization of agriculture / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- James Buchanan Eads : the engineer as entrepreneur / John A. Kouwenhoven -- James B. Francis and the rise of scientific technology / Edwin T. Layton, Jr. -- Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude / Robert V. Bruce -- Thomas Alva Edison and the rise of electricity / Thomas Parke Hughes -- George Eastman and the coming of industrial research in America / Reese V. Jenkins -- Ellen Swallow Richards : technology and women / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Gifford Pinchot and the American Conservation movement / Samuel P. Hays -- Henry Ford and the triumph of the automobile / James J. Flink -- Charles A. Lindbergh : his flight and the American ideal / John William Ward -- Keaton and Chaplin : the silent film's response to technology / George Basalla -- Morris L. Cooke and energy for America / Jean Christie -- Enrico Fermi and the development of nuclear power / Lawrence Badash -- Robert H. Goddard and the origins of space flight / Barton C. Hacker.
Summary: Essays trace the contribution of various individuals to the evolution of technology in America.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks T21.T43 1981 Available 33710001154181

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index.

Introduction : Technology in America / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- Artisan during America's wooden age / Brooke Hindle -- Thomas Jefferson and a democratic technology / Hugo A. Meier -- Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the transfer of technology / Darwin H. Stapleton -- Eli Whitney and the American system of manufacturing / Merritt Roe Smith -- Thomas P. Jones and the evolution of technical education / Bruce Sinclair -- Cyrus Hall McCormick and the mechanization of agriculture / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. -- James Buchanan Eads : the engineer as entrepreneur / John A. Kouwenhoven -- James B. Francis and the rise of scientific technology / Edwin T. Layton, Jr. -- Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude / Robert V. Bruce -- Thomas Alva Edison and the rise of electricity / Thomas Parke Hughes -- George Eastman and the coming of industrial research in America / Reese V. Jenkins -- Ellen Swallow Richards : technology and women / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Gifford Pinchot and the American Conservation movement / Samuel P. Hays -- Henry Ford and the triumph of the automobile / James J. Flink -- Charles A. Lindbergh : his flight and the American ideal / John William Ward -- Keaton and Chaplin : the silent film's response to technology / George Basalla -- Morris L. Cooke and energy for America / Jean Christie -- Enrico Fermi and the development of nuclear power / Lawrence Badash -- Robert H. Goddard and the origins of space flight / Barton C. Hacker.

Essays trace the contribution of various individuals to the evolution of technology in America.

Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.