An edition of Inventing modern
(2003)
Inventing modern
growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins
by Lienhard, John H.
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Childhood and youth, Civilization, History, Material culture, Science, Social aspects of Material culture, Social aspects of Science, Social aspects of Technological innovations, Social aspects of Technology, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology, social aspects, United states, civilization, 20th century, Social aspectsPeople
John H. Lienhard (1930-)Places
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Inventing modern: growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins
2003, Oxford University Press
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0195160320 9780195160321
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Table of Contents
1846 : great-grandpa and manifest destiny
Short-lived technologies : searching for direction
"The irruption of forces totally new"
A new genus of genius
Remington to modern : finding the core on the fringe
Fires and the high-rise Phoenix
The titan city
Automobile
On the road : of highways and gasoline
The back door into the sky
Flying down to Rio
A boy's life in the new century
Inventing a better mousetrap
War
A funeral in the fifties
After modern.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
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