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Twelve inventions which changed America : the influence of technology on American culture.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Falk, Gerhard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Telecommunication--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Telecommunication.
- Telephone--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Telephone.
- Transportation--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Transportation.
- Textile industry--Technological innovations--United States--History.
- Textile industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gerhard Falk describes twelve inventions that transformed the United States from a rural and small-town community to an industrial country of unprecedented power. The book is both a sociological analysis and a history of technology in the United States in the past two hundred years.
- Contents:
- TWELVE INVENTIONS WHICH CHANGED AMERICA; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The History and Influence of Technology and Science on American Culture; Chapter One: The Steam Engine; Chapter Two: The Automobile (The Internal Combustion Engine); Chapter Three: The McCormick Reaper and the Agricultural Revolution; Chapter Four: The Sewing Machine, the Textile Industry, and the Role of Women; Chapter Five: The American Gun Culture; Chapter Six: The Telegraph and the Telephone; Chapter Seven: Radio and Television; Chapter Eight: The Motion Picture; Chapter Nine: The Airplane
- Chapter Ten: The Computer, the Internet, and the World Wide WebEpilogue: Technology and Social Change; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-31628-X
- 0-7618-6081-9
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