| Description |
1 online resource (x, 240 pages) |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index. |
| Contents |
The history and influence of technology and science on American culture -- The steam engine -- The automobile (the internal combustion engine) -- The McCormick reaper and the agricultural revolution -- The sewing machine, the textile industry, and the role of women -- The American gun culture -- The telegraph and the telephone -- Radio and television -- The motion picture -- The airplane -- The computer, the internet, and the world wide web -- Technology and social change. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01145202
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Falk, Gerhard. Twelve inventions which changed America. Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, ©2013 9780761860808 |
| ISBN |
0761860819 (electronic bk.) |
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9780761860815 (electronic bk.) |
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