The Resource They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
Resource Information
The item They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 496 p.
- Contents
-
- America's genius for innovation
- pt. I. Pathfinders to a new civilization
- The heroes who got America going
- John Fitch : first steamboat
- Robert Fulton : successful steamboat services
- Oliver Evans : high-pressure steam engine
- Henry Miller Shreve : freed the waterways
- The steamboat war : liberating business
- Eli Whitney : the cotton gin to the machine age
- Samuel Slater : dressing America
- Francis Cabot Lowell : the Lowell girls
- Sam Colt : a mass market
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse : the telegraph
- Cyrus McCormick : American big business
- Isaac Merritt Singer : first successful American multinational
- Charles Goodyear : vulcanized rubber
- Albert Augustus Pope : democracy on wheels
- Edwin Drake : drilling for oil
- Levi Strauss : blue jeans
- Elisha Otis : the safety elevator
- Lewis Tappan : credit rating
- Theodore Dehone Judah : transcontinental railway
- The big four : Collis Potter Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins
- pt. II. America takes off
- Adventurous men unite a continent
- section I: Inventors
- Thomas Alva Edison : science of innovation
- Leo Hendrik Baekeland : plastic
- Wilbur and Orville Wright : wings
- Garrett Augustus Morgan : gas mask
- Edwin Howard Armstrong : modern radio
- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Lee de Forest, Michael Pupin
- section II: Democratizers
- Henry Ford : the people's car
- Ford's loneliest hour : George Selden's patent
- George Eastman : the Kodak
- Sarah Breedlove Walker : self-made American businesswoman
- Amadeo Peter Giannini : the people's banker
- Martha Matilda Harper : retail franchise network
- Raymond "Pappy" Ingram Smith : chance
- Juan Terry Trippe : jet age
- Donald Calvin Burr : the People Express pioneer
- General Georges Doriot : venture capital
- section III: Empire builders
- Ida Rosenthal : Maidenform Bra tycoon
- The blow against the corset : Caresse Crosby
- Samuel Insull : cheap electricity for all
- Philo T. Farnsworth : television
- Walt Disney : entertainment empire
- Jean Nidetch : Weight Watchers clubs
- Thomas Watson : IBM
- Herman Hollerith, John Patterson
- Thomas Watson Jr. : mainframe computers
- Ken Olsen : minicomputers
- Estee Lauder : cosmetics company
- Malcom McLean : containers, luxury travel
- Jim Sherwood
- Edwin Land : Polaroid
- Ruth Handler : Barbie
- pt. III. The digital age
- The electronic elves of Silicon Valley
- Gary Kildall : PC software
- Bill Gates, Steve Jobs
- Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson : biotech industry
- Ted Turner : CNN, 24-hour electronic news
- Joan Ganz Cooney : Sesame Street
- Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner
- Russell Simmons : marketing maestro of hip-hop
- Pierre Omidyar : eBay
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin : Google
- Ten lessons
- Innovators gallery
- Isbn
- 9780316277662
- Label
- They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators
- Title
- They made America
- Title remainder
- from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1928-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Evans, Harold
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T39
- LC item number
- .E83 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Buckland, Gail
- Lefer, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Inventors
- Inventions
- Label
- They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-481) and index
- Contents
- America's genius for innovation -- pt. I. Pathfinders to a new civilization -- The heroes who got America going -- John Fitch : first steamboat -- Robert Fulton : successful steamboat services -- Oliver Evans : high-pressure steam engine -- Henry Miller Shreve : freed the waterways -- The steamboat war : liberating business -- Eli Whitney : the cotton gin to the machine age -- Samuel Slater : dressing America -- Francis Cabot Lowell : the Lowell girls -- Sam Colt : a mass market -- Samuel Finley Breese Morse : the telegraph -- Cyrus McCormick : American big business -- Isaac Merritt Singer : first successful American multinational -- Charles Goodyear : vulcanized rubber -- Albert Augustus Pope : democracy on wheels -- Edwin Drake : drilling for oil -- Levi Strauss : blue jeans -- Elisha Otis : the safety elevator -- Lewis Tappan : credit rating -- Theodore Dehone Judah : transcontinental railway -- The big four : Collis Potter Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins -- pt. II. America takes off -- Adventurous men unite a continent -- section I: Inventors -- Thomas Alva Edison : science of innovation -- Leo Hendrik Baekeland : plastic -- Wilbur and Orville Wright : wings -- Garrett Augustus Morgan : gas mask -- Edwin Howard Armstrong : modern radio -- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Lee de Forest, Michael Pupin -- section II: Democratizers -- Henry Ford : the people's car -- Ford's loneliest hour : George Selden's patent -- George Eastman : the Kodak -- Sarah Breedlove Walker : self-made American businesswoman -- Amadeo Peter Giannini : the people's banker -- Martha Matilda Harper : retail franchise network -- Raymond "Pappy" Ingram Smith : chance -- Juan Terry Trippe : jet age -- Donald Calvin Burr : the People Express pioneer -- General Georges Doriot : venture capital -- section III: Empire builders -- Ida Rosenthal : Maidenform Bra tycoon -- The blow against the corset : Caresse Crosby -- Samuel Insull : cheap electricity for all -- Philo T. Farnsworth : television -- Walt Disney : entertainment empire -- Jean Nidetch : Weight Watchers clubs -- Thomas Watson : IBM -- Herman Hollerith, John Patterson -- Thomas Watson Jr. : mainframe computers -- Ken Olsen : minicomputers -- Estee Lauder : cosmetics company -- Malcom McLean : containers, luxury travel -- Jim Sherwood -- Edwin Land : Polaroid -- Ruth Handler : Barbie -- pt. III. The digital age -- The electronic elves of Silicon Valley -- Gary Kildall : PC software -- Bill Gates, Steve Jobs -- Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson : biotech industry -- Ted Turner : CNN, 24-hour electronic news -- Joan Ganz Cooney : Sesame Street -- Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner -- Russell Simmons : marketing maestro of hip-hop -- Pierre Omidyar : eBay -- Larry Page and Sergey Brin : Google -- Ten lessons -- Innovators gallery
- Control code
- 53814009
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 496 p.
- Isbn
- 9780316277662
- Lccn
- 2003065954
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)53814009
- Label
- They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-481) and index
- Contents
- America's genius for innovation -- pt. I. Pathfinders to a new civilization -- The heroes who got America going -- John Fitch : first steamboat -- Robert Fulton : successful steamboat services -- Oliver Evans : high-pressure steam engine -- Henry Miller Shreve : freed the waterways -- The steamboat war : liberating business -- Eli Whitney : the cotton gin to the machine age -- Samuel Slater : dressing America -- Francis Cabot Lowell : the Lowell girls -- Sam Colt : a mass market -- Samuel Finley Breese Morse : the telegraph -- Cyrus McCormick : American big business -- Isaac Merritt Singer : first successful American multinational -- Charles Goodyear : vulcanized rubber -- Albert Augustus Pope : democracy on wheels -- Edwin Drake : drilling for oil -- Levi Strauss : blue jeans -- Elisha Otis : the safety elevator -- Lewis Tappan : credit rating -- Theodore Dehone Judah : transcontinental railway -- The big four : Collis Potter Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins -- pt. II. America takes off -- Adventurous men unite a continent -- section I: Inventors -- Thomas Alva Edison : science of innovation -- Leo Hendrik Baekeland : plastic -- Wilbur and Orville Wright : wings -- Garrett Augustus Morgan : gas mask -- Edwin Howard Armstrong : modern radio -- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Lee de Forest, Michael Pupin -- section II: Democratizers -- Henry Ford : the people's car -- Ford's loneliest hour : George Selden's patent -- George Eastman : the Kodak -- Sarah Breedlove Walker : self-made American businesswoman -- Amadeo Peter Giannini : the people's banker -- Martha Matilda Harper : retail franchise network -- Raymond "Pappy" Ingram Smith : chance -- Juan Terry Trippe : jet age -- Donald Calvin Burr : the People Express pioneer -- General Georges Doriot : venture capital -- section III: Empire builders -- Ida Rosenthal : Maidenform Bra tycoon -- The blow against the corset : Caresse Crosby -- Samuel Insull : cheap electricity for all -- Philo T. Farnsworth : television -- Walt Disney : entertainment empire -- Jean Nidetch : Weight Watchers clubs -- Thomas Watson : IBM -- Herman Hollerith, John Patterson -- Thomas Watson Jr. : mainframe computers -- Ken Olsen : minicomputers -- Estee Lauder : cosmetics company -- Malcom McLean : containers, luxury travel -- Jim Sherwood -- Edwin Land : Polaroid -- Ruth Handler : Barbie -- pt. III. The digital age -- The electronic elves of Silicon Valley -- Gary Kildall : PC software -- Bill Gates, Steve Jobs -- Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson : biotech industry -- Ted Turner : CNN, 24-hour electronic news -- Joan Ganz Cooney : Sesame Street -- Raymond Damadian : MRI scanner -- Russell Simmons : marketing maestro of hip-hop -- Pierre Omidyar : eBay -- Larry Page and Sergey Brin : Google -- Ten lessons -- Innovators gallery
- Control code
- 53814009
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 496 p.
- Isbn
- 9780316277662
- Lccn
- 2003065954
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)53814009
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/They-made-America--from-the-steam-engine-to-the/v3yIjkDPrBI/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/They-made-America--from-the-steam-engine-to-the/v3yIjkDPrBI/">They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sandiego.edu/">University of San Diego Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/They-made-America--from-the-steam-engine-to-the/v3yIjkDPrBI/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/They-made-America--from-the-steam-engine-to-the/v3yIjkDPrBI/">They made America : from the steam engine to the search engine : two centuries of innovators, Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland and David Lefer</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sandiego.edu/">University of San Diego Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
