American genesis : a century of invention and technological enthusiasm, 1870-1970 /: a century of invention and technological enthusiasm, 1870-1970. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas P. Hughes.
• Other Names: Hughes, Thomas Parke
• Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the technological torrent -- A gigantic tidal wave of human ingenuity -- Choosing and solving problems -- Brain mill for the military -- No philanthropic asylum for indigent scientists -- The system must be first -- Taylorismus + Fordismus = Amerikanismus -- The second discovery of America -- Tennessee Valley and Manhattan engineer district -- Counterculture and momentum -- Notes -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (548 pages)
• Subjects: 609.73; Technology -- United States -- History; Technology; Technik; Techniek; United States; USA; USA; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226772905
• Related ISBNs: 9780226359274
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