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Scientific Americans : Invention, Technology, and National Identity
Author
Title
Scientific Americans : Invention, Technology, and National Identity / Susan Branson.
ISBN
9781501760921
9781501760914
9781501760938
Publication
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (304 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Scientific Americans examines the place of science and technology in American culture and the development of national identity from 1776 to 1876. Americans promoted inventions such as steam engines and civic projects such as water systems that articulated their national aspirations and pushed domestic industry to the forefront of progress"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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