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100 1 a| Lienhard, John H.,d| 1930-=| ^A553715;

245 10 a| Inventing modern :b| growing up with x-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins /c| John H. Lienhard.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2003.;

300 a| ix, 292 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

600 10 a| Lienhard, John H.,d| 1930-x| Childhood and youth.=| ^A553715;

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

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

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