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Publisher Summary 1
Essays examine major American innovations in technology and the inventors who developed them, including Whitney, McCormick, Bell, Edison, Goddard, and Eastman
Publisher Summary 2
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.This new edition adds chapters on Frederick Winslow, who originated the idea of scientific management; on Peter L. Jensen, whose invention of the loud speaker was a milestone in electronic communications; and on Frederick E. Terman, godfather of Silicon Valley and exemplar of the entrepreneurial spirit of the postwar computer industry.Carroll W. Pursell, Jr., is Director of the Program in the History of Technology and Science at Case Western Reserve, University.
Publisher Summary 3
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.
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Table Of Contents:
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface xi
Technology in America: An Introduction 1(7)
Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
The Artisan during America's Wooden Age 8(9)
Brooke Hindle
Thomas Jefferson and a Democratic Technology 17(17)
Hugo A. Meier
Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Transfer of Technology 34(11)
Darwin H. Stapleton
Eli Whitney and the American System of Manufacturing 45(17)
Merritt Roe Smith
Thomas P. Jones and the Evolution of Technical Education 62(9)
Bruce Sinclair
Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Mechanization of Agriculture 71(9)
Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
James Buchanan Eads: The Engineer as Entrepreneur 80(12)
John A. Kouwenhoven
James B. Francis and the Rise of Scientific Technology 92(13)
Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude 105(12)
Robert V. Bruce
Thomas Alva Edison and the Rise of Electricity 117(12)
Thomas Parke Hughes
George Eastman and the Coming of Industrial Research in America 129(13)
Reese V. jenkins
Ellen Swallow Richards: Technology and Women 142(9)
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Gifford Pinchot and the American Conservation Movement 151(12)
Samuel P. Hays
Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management 163(14)
Gail Cooper
Henry Ford and the Triumph of the Automobile 177(13)
James J. Flink
Peter L. Jensen and the Amplification of Sound 190(21)
W. David Lewis
Charles A. Lindbergh: His Flight and the American Ideal 211(16)
John William Ward
Keaton and Chaplin: The Silent Film's Response to Technology 227(10)
George Basalla
Morris L. Cooke and Energy for America 237(11)
Jean Christie
Enrico Fermi and the Development of Nuclear Power 248(15)
Lawrence Badash
Robert H. Goddard and the Origins of Space Flight 263(13)
Barton C. Hacker
Frederick E. Terman and the Rise of Silicon Valley 276(16)
James C. Williams
For Further Reading 292(9)
Contributors 301(4)
Index 305
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface xi
Technology in America: An Introduction 1(7)
Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
The Artisan during America's Wooden Age 8(9)
Brooke Hindle
Thomas Jefferson and a Democratic Technology 17(17)
Hugo A. Meier
Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Transfer of Technology 34(11)
Darwin H. Stapleton
Eli Whitney and the American System of Manufacturing 45(17)
Merritt Roe Smith
Thomas P. Jones and the Evolution of Technical Education 62(9)
Bruce Sinclair
Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Mechanization of Agriculture 71(9)
Carroll W. Pursell, Jr.
James Buchanan Eads: The Engineer as Entrepreneur 80(12)
John A. Kouwenhoven
James B. Francis and the Rise of Scientific Technology 92(13)
Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude 105(12)
Robert V. Bruce
Thomas Alva Edison and the Rise of Electricity 117(12)
Thomas Parke Hughes
George Eastman and the Coming of Industrial Research in America 129(13)
Reese V. jenkins
Ellen Swallow Richards: Technology and Women 142(9)
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Gifford Pinchot and the American Conservation Movement 151(12)
Samuel P. Hays
Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management 163(14)
Gail Cooper
Henry Ford and the Triumph of the Automobile 177(13)
James J. Flink
Peter L. Jensen and the Amplification of Sound 190(21)
W. David Lewis
Charles A. Lindbergh: His Flight and the American Ideal 211(16)
John William Ward
Keaton and Chaplin: The Silent Film's Response to Technology 227(10)
George Basalla
Morris L. Cooke and Energy for America 237(11)
Jean Christie
Enrico Fermi and the Development of Nuclear Power 248(15)
Lawrence Badash
Robert H. Goddard and the Origins of Space Flight 263(13)
Barton C. Hacker
Frederick E. Terman and the Rise of Silicon Valley 276(16)
James C. Williams
For Further Reading 292(9)
Contributors 301(4)
Index 305
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