Inventing modern growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins - Lienhard, John H., 1930- (New York : Oxford University Press, 2003)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
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Keywords: 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; Electronic books