TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lienhard,John H.
TI  - Inventing modern: growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins  
SN  - 0195160320 (acid-free paper)
AV  - E169.1 .L716 2003
U1  - 303.48/3/097309045 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Lienhard, John H.,
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Technology
KW  - Science
KW  - Material culture
KW  - Innovaciones técnicas
KW  - Aspectos sociales
KW  - Tecnología y civilizaciâon
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index; 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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