Technology in America

A History of Individuals and Ideas

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Technology in America by Merritt Roe Smith, Brooke Hindle, Hugo A. Meier, Darwin H. Stapleton, Bruce Sinclair, Carroll Pursell, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., Robert V. Bruce, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese Jenkins, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Samuel P. Hays, Gail Cooper, James J. Flink, W. David Lewis, John William Ward, George Basalla, Jean Christie, Lawrence Badash, Barton Hacker, Adam Rome, James C. Williams, The MIT Press
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Author: Merritt Roe Smith, Brooke Hindle, Hugo A. Meier, Darwin H. Stapleton, Bruce Sinclair, Carroll Pursell, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., Robert V. Bruce, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese Jenkins, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Samuel P. Hays, Gail Cooper, James J. Flink, W. David Lewis, John William Ward, George Basalla, Jean Christie, Lawrence Badash, Barton Hacker, Adam Rome, James C. Williams ISBN: 9780262348959
Publisher: The MIT Press Publication: October 19, 2018
Imprint: The MIT Press Language: English
Author: Merritt Roe Smith, Brooke Hindle, Hugo A. Meier, Darwin H. Stapleton, Bruce Sinclair, Carroll Pursell, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., Robert V. Bruce, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese Jenkins, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Samuel P. Hays, Gail Cooper, James J. Flink, W. David Lewis, John William Ward, George Basalla, Jean Christie, Lawrence Badash, Barton Hacker, Adam Rome, James C. Williams
ISBN: 9780262348959
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication: October 19, 2018
Imprint: The MIT Press
Language: English

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley.

This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The focus on inventors acknowledges that technology is a fundamental form of human behavior and that, ultimately, it is people who have the ideas, design the machines, and build the institutions. These accessible and succinct essays chronicle the work of the famous—among them, Thomas Jefferson, Eli Whitney, and Thomas Alva Edison—and of the sometimes forgotten—including Ellen Swallow Richards, the founder of the home economics movement. One illuminating essay shows how Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin helped Americans confront the modern technological age.
This third edition retains the content of the first two editions and adds three new essays: on Rachel Carson and the rise of the environmental movement; on A. C. Gilbert and the development of an American toy industry; and on Lewis Latimer and the struggle of African Americans to gain recognition as professional inventors and engineers.

Contributors
Lawrence Badash, George Basalla, Robert V. Bruce, Jean Christie, Gail Cooper, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, James J. Flink, Barton C. Hacker, Samuel P. Hays, Brooke Hindle, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese V. Jenkins, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., W. David Lewis, Hugo A. Meier, Carroll Pursell, Adam Rome, Bruce Sinclair, Merritt Roe Smith, Darwin H. Stapleton, John William Ward, James C. Williams

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The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley.

This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The focus on inventors acknowledges that technology is a fundamental form of human behavior and that, ultimately, it is people who have the ideas, design the machines, and build the institutions. These accessible and succinct essays chronicle the work of the famous—among them, Thomas Jefferson, Eli Whitney, and Thomas Alva Edison—and of the sometimes forgotten—including Ellen Swallow Richards, the founder of the home economics movement. One illuminating essay shows how Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin helped Americans confront the modern technological age.
This third edition retains the content of the first two editions and adds three new essays: on Rachel Carson and the rise of the environmental movement; on A. C. Gilbert and the development of an American toy industry; and on Lewis Latimer and the struggle of African Americans to gain recognition as professional inventors and engineers.

Contributors
Lawrence Badash, George Basalla, Robert V. Bruce, Jean Christie, Gail Cooper, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, James J. Flink, Barton C. Hacker, Samuel P. Hays, Brooke Hindle, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese V. Jenkins, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., W. David Lewis, Hugo A. Meier, Carroll Pursell, Adam Rome, Bruce Sinclair, Merritt Roe Smith, Darwin H. Stapleton, John William Ward, James C. Williams

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