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American Genesis

Thomas P. Hughes

*PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST* A sweeping history of the inventors, inventions, and innovations that together created modern America. A stunning, wide-ranging history from one of the foremost historians of technology of our age, American Genesis tells...

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Opening Credits

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Dedication

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Foreword

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Introduction: The Technological Torrent

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Chapter 1: A Gigantic Tidal Wave of Human Ingenuity

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Chapter 1 (continued)

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Chapter 2: Choosing and Solving Problems

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Chapter 2 (continued)

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Chapter 3: Brain Mill for the Military

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Chapter 3 (continued)

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Chapter 4: No Philanthropic Asylum for Indigent Scientists

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Chapter 4 (continued)

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Chapter 5: The System Must be First

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Chapter 5 (continued)

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Chapter 6: Taylorismus + Fordismus= Amerikanismus

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Chapter 6 (continued)

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Chapter 7: The Second Discovery of America

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Chapter 7 (continued)

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Chapter 8: Tennessee Valley and Manhattan Engineer District

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Chapter 8 (continued-1)

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Chapter 8 (continued-2)

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Chapter 9: Counterculture and Momentum

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Closing Notes

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