| Description |
xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-345) and index. |
| Contents |
The transit of technology -- The tools brought over -- Importing the Industrial Revolution -- Improving transportation -- The domestication of the Industrial Revolution -- The expansion of American manufactures --The mechanization of farming -- The imprint of American technology --Creating an urban environment -- Westward the course of industry --Export, exploitation, and empire -- Technology and hegemony -- The coming of science and systems -- The decade of prosperity and consumption --Depression -- Wars and the American Century -- Challenge, defense, and revolution in a postmodern world. |
| Subject |
Technology -- Social aspects -- History.
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Industrial revolution.
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| ISBN |
0801848172 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0801848180 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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