Scientific Americans : : Invention, Technology, and National Identity / / Susan Branson.
In Scientific Americans, Susan Branson explores the place of science and technology in American cultural independence from Europe, and America's nation building in the early republic and antebellum eras. This engaging tour of scientific education and practices among ordinary citizens charts the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 44 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Role of Science and Technology in the Creation of American National Identity
- 1. Domestic Science: Learning, Observing, and Promoting Science as American Enterprise 2. Flights of Imagination: Air Balloons and National Ambitions
- 2. Flights of Imagination: Air Balloons and National Ambitions
- 3. Engines of Change: Machines Drive American Indus
- 4. Grand Designs: Technology and Urban Plan
- 5. Internal Improvements: Phrenology as a Tool for Reform
- 6. Fair America: Promoting American Invention
- Conclusion: The First American Century
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index