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by David C. Mowery (Author), Nathan Rosenberg (Author) "AN EXAMINATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION in the 20th -century U.S. economy must naturally begin in the 19th century..." (more)
Key Phrases: commercial aircraft industry, other industrial economies, research employment, United States, World War, General Electric (more...)
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This small volume details the laborious, painstaking ways in which technological innovation occurs in America, focusing on the development of four giants: the internal combustion engine, chemicals, electric power, and the electronics revolution. Mowery and Rosenberg, coauthors of Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth (Cambridge Univ., 1989), are particularly interested here in the "intense period of imaginative design" that lies between the scientific idea and the ultimate product in a particular field. This somewhat scholarly though nonetheless readable work, loaded with not-too-cumbersome footnotes, citations, tables, and graphs, includes ample discussion of the role of universities and the federal government in the research and development (R&D) that led to the success of the four giants, as well as the general importance of R&D in a technological society. Recommended for academic libraries.?Robert Ballou, Atlanta, GA.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"Rosenberg and Mowery are among the nation's premier historians of technical change. They relate the sagas of four technologies--the internal combustion engine, the chemical industry, electric power, and the electronics revolution that followed the invention of the transistor in 1947--and look for patterns that repeat among the details that do not." Boston Globe

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 28, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521646537
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521646536
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,050,982 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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