Inventing modern : growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins

Inventing modern : growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins / John H. Lienhard.

Author/creator	Lienhard, John H., 1930-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Description	ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	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.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
LCCN	2002156634
ISBN	0195160320 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E169.1 .L53945 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold