Scientific Americans: Invention, Technology, and National Identity

Abstract

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