The Nineteenth Century was a period of tremendous change in the
daily lives of the average Americans. Never before had such change
occurred so rapidly or and had affected such a broad range of
people. And these changes were primarily a result of tremendous
advances in science and technology. Many of the technologies that
play such an central role in our daily life today were first
invented during this great period of innovation--everything from
the railroad to the telephone. These inventions were instrumental
in the social and cultural developments of the time. The Civil War,
Westward Expansion, the expansion and fall of slave culture, the
rise of the working and middle classes and changes in gender
roles--none of these would have occurred as they did had it not
been for the science and technology of the time. Science and
Technology in Nineteenth-Century America chronicles this
relationship between science and technology and the revolutions in
the lives of everyday Americans. The volume includes a discussion
of:
- Transportation--from the railroad and steamship to the first
automobiles appearing near the end of the century.
- Communication--including the telegraph, the telephone, and the
photograph
- Industrialization-- how the growing factory system impacted the
lives of working men and women
- Agriculture--how mechanical devices such as the McCormick
reaper and applications of science forever altered how farming was
done in the United States
- Exploration and navigations--the science and technology of the
age was crucial to the expansion of the country that took place in
the century, and
The book includes a timeline and a bibliography forthose interested
in pursuing further research, and over two dozen fascinating photos
that illustrate the daily lives of Americans in the 19th Century
Part of the Daily Life through History series, this title joins
Science and Technology in Colonial America in a new branch of the
series-titles specifically looking at how science innovations
impacted daily life.
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