Technology

Bruno, L. C. The Tradition of Technology, Landmarks of Western Technology. Collections of the Library of Congress, 1993. Combines an excellent narrative with intricate illustrations to emphasize the complex technical changes that stimulated and sustained the Industrial Revolution. Buchanan, R. A. The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present. London: Penguin, 1992. Highlights the important

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Interaction between man and machine that powered industrial and economic change beginning in the 18th century.

Burns, W E. Science and Technology in Colonial America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. Work dispels the notion that American colonists lagged behind in technical and scientific expertise by demonstrating important developments and discoveries in agriculture and early industry.

Cutliffe, S. H., & Reynolds, T. S. Technology and American History Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Stresses the role that technology has played in the economic growth of the nation.

Eco, U. The Picture History of Inventions. New York: MacMillan Company, 1963. An interesting work which provides numerous and detailed illustrations of the significant inventions during the Industrial Revolution.

-. Inventors and Discoverers Changing our World. National Geographic

Society, 1988. A work for the general public that nonetheless provides vivid imagery.

Karwatka, D. Technology’s Past. Ann Arbor, MI: Prakken Publications, Inc., 1996. General survey of the role of technology through the ages with a special emphasis on technology in the Industrial Revolution.

Williams, T. The History of Invention. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987. An engaging account of the relationship between invention and economic and societal change.