Author

Contributions

  • Buckland, Gail. - Contributor
  • Lefer, David. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Little, Brown, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

124,500 words, Guess

Page Count

498 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC609.2/273
  • LCCT39 .E83 2004

Description

An illustrated history of American innovators--some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating-- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.

Description

"The flourishing of America is the story of an inventive people with a mystic faith in technology, from the early settlers who used windmills as a way of getting water on the Great Plains to the electronic whiz kids of the Internet. Innovation, practical inventiveness, is the main force behind America's preeminence. But there is more to this extraordinary history. Harold Evans traces how the innovators have time and again proved to be democratizers, driven not by greed but by an ambition to be remembered. They translated the nation's political ideals into economic reality."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • They made AmericaLittle, Brown2004-01-01

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