Scientific Americans : invention, technology, and national identity / Susan Branson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branson, Susan, author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Science.

Technology--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Technology.

Science--Social aspects--United States--History--18th century.

Technology--Social aspects--United States--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

In 'Scientific Americans', Susan Branson explores the place of science and technology in American efforts to achieve cultural independence from Europe and America's nation building in the early republic and antebellum eras. This engaging tour of scientific education and practices among ordinary citizens charts the development of nationalism and national identity alongside roads, rails and machines.

Contents:

Introduction : The Role of Science and Technology in the Creation of American National Identity

Domestic Science : Learning, Observing, and Promoting Science as American Enterprise

Flights of Imagination : Air Balloons and National Ambitions

Engines of Change : Machines Drive American Industry

Grand Designs : Technology and Urban Planning

Internal Improvements : Phrenology as a Tool for Reform

Fair America : Promoting American Invention

Conclusion : The First American Century.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 3, 2022).

ISBN:

1-5017-6093-9

OCLC:

1264735115