Title	Technology in America : a history of individuals and ideas / edited by, Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
Imprint	Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c1990
Edition	2nd ed.
Descript	xiii, 319 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

The succinct, nontechnical essays in Technology in America cover the history of American invention from Thomas Jefferson's founding of the Patent Office to Robert Goddards space-age rockets. Each treats an individual and a concept, highlighting the important role technological change has played in the evolution of American culture. The major themes include the effects of technology transfer, the development of the American system of manufacturing, the institutionalization of knowledge and scientific research, and technology as it social process. -- Provided by publisher

Technology in America: an introduction -- The artisan during American's wooden age -- Thomas Jefferson and a democratic technology -- Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the transfer of technology -- Eli Whitney and the American System of manufacturing -- Thomas P. Jones and the evolution of technical education -- Cyrus Hall McCormick and the mechanization of agriculture -- James Buchanan Eads: the engineer as entrepreneur -- James B. Francis and the rise of scientific technology -- Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude -- Thomas Alva Edison and the rise of electricity -- George Eastman and the coming of industrial research in America -- Ellen Swallow Richards: technology and women -- Gifford Pinchot and the American conservation movement -- Fredrick Winslow Taylor and scientific management -- Henry Ford and the triumph of the automobile -- Peter L. Jensen and the amplification of sound -- Charles A. Lindbergh: his flight and the American ideal -- Keaton and Chaplin: the silent film's response to technology -- Morris L. Cooke and energy for America -- Enrico Fermi and the Development of Nuclear power -- Robert H. Goddard and the origins of space flight -- Frederick E. Terman and the rise of Silicon Valley

1. Technology -- History -- United States

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