Scientific Americans

Scientific Americans

Invention, Technology, and National Identity

Branson, Susan

Cornell University Press

01/2022

304

Dura

Inglês

9781501760914

15 a 20 dias

454

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

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

2. Flights of Imagination: Air Balloons and National Ambitions

3. Engines of Change: Machines Drive American Industry

4. Grand Designs: Technology and Urban Planning

5. Internal Improvements: Phrenology as a Tool for Reform

6. Fair America: Promoting American Invention

Conclusion: The First American Century
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Perpetual motion machines in America; Phrenology; Centennial Exhibition; Science and Technology in American Culture; The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations; History of American Air balloon