Inventing modern
Subtitle: growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins
By: John H. Lienhard.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Lienhard, John H., 1930- -- Childhood and youth; Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Material culture -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1846 : great-grandpa and manifest destiny; title: Short-lived technologies : searching for direction; title: "The irruption of forces totally new"; title: A new genus of genius; title: Remington to modern : finding the core on the fringe; title: Fires and the high-rise Phoenix; title: The titan city; title: Automobile; title: On the road : of highways and gasoline; title: The back door into the sky; title: Flying down to Rio; title: A boy's life in the new century; title: Inventing a better mousetrap; title: War; title: A funeral in the fifties; title: After modern.