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008 941116s1995 mdua b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 94044114;

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019 a| 34515398;

020 a| 0801848172 (cloth : acid-free paper);

020 a| 0801848180 (paper : acid-free paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) o31606534;

035 a| (OCoLC)31606534;

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049 a| EREE;

050 00 a| T14.5b| .P87 1995;

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100 1 a| Pursell, Carroll W.=| ^A542331;

245 14 a| The machine in America :b| a social history of technology /c| Carroll Pursell.;

260 a| Baltimore :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,c| 1995.;

300 a| xvi, 358 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-345) and index.;

505 0 a| The transit of technology -- The tools brought over -- Importing the Industrial Revolution -- Improving transportation -- The domestication of the Industrial Revolution -- The expansion of American manufactures -- The mechanization of farming -- The imprint of American technology -- Creating an urban environment -- Westward the course of industry -- Export, exploitation, and empire -- Technology and hegemony -- The coming of science and systems -- The decade of prosperity and consumption -- Depression -- Wars and the American Century -- Challenge, defense, and revolution in a postmodern world.;

650 0 a| Industrial revolutionz| United States.=| ^A1001282;

596 a| 1;

998 a| 635074;

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The machine in America : a social history of technology / Carroll Pursell.

Author/creator	Pursell, Carroll W.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Description	xvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Technology--Social aspects. --United States. --History. Industrial revolution--United States.

Contents	The transit of technology -- The tools brought over -- Importing the Industrial Revolution -- Improving transportation -- The domestication of the Industrial Revolution -- The expansion of American manufactures -- The mechanization of farming -- The imprint of American technology -- Creating an urban environment -- Westward the course of industry -- Export, exploitation, and empire -- Technology and hegemony -- The coming of science and systems -- The decade of prosperity and consumption -- Depression -- Wars and the American Century -- Challenge, defense, and revolution in a postmodern world.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-345) and index.
LCCN	94044114
ISBN	0801848172 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0801848180 (paper : acid-free paper)

The machine in America : a social history of technology / Carroll Pursell.

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