Scientific Americans
Invention, Technology, and National Identity
Seiten
2022
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6091-4 (ISBN)
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6091-4 (ISBN)
In Scientific Americans, Susan Branson explores the place of science and technology in American efforts to achieve 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 development of nationalism and national identity alongside roads, rails, and machines.
Scientific Americans shows how informal scientific education provided by almanacs, public lectures, and demonstrations, along with the financial encouragement of early scientific societies, generated an enthusiasm for the application of science and technology to civic, commercial, and domestic improvements. Not only that: Americans were excited, awed, and intrigued with the practicality of inventions.
Bringing together scientific research and popular wonder, Branson charts how everything from mechanical clocks to steam engines informed the creation and expansion of the American nation. From the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations to the fate of the Amistad captives, Scientific Americans shows how the promotion and celebration of discoveries, inventions, and technologies articulated Americans' earliest ambitions, as well as prejudices, throughout the first American century.
Scientific Americans shows how informal scientific education provided by almanacs, public lectures, and demonstrations, along with the financial encouragement of early scientific societies, generated an enthusiasm for the application of science and technology to civic, commercial, and domestic improvements. Not only that: Americans were excited, awed, and intrigued with the practicality of inventions.
Bringing together scientific research and popular wonder, Branson charts how everything from mechanical clocks to steam engines informed the creation and expansion of the American nation. From the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations to the fate of the Amistad captives, Scientific Americans shows how the promotion and celebration of discoveries, inventions, and technologies articulated Americans' earliest ambitions, as well as prejudices, throughout the first American century.
Susan Branson is Professor of History at Syracuse University. She is author of These Fiery Frenchified Dames and Dangerous to Know.
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
3. Engines of Change: Machines Drive American Industry
4. Grand Designs: Technology and Urban Planning
5. Internal Improvements: Phrenology as a Tool for Reform
6. Fair America: Promoting American Invention
Conclusion: The First American Century
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.01.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 44 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Ithaca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 907 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5017-6091-2 / 1501760912 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5017-6091-4 / 9781501760914 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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