A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925 » (1st Edition)

Thomas J. Misa is at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Charles Babbage Institute Center for the History of Information Technology, teaches in the graduate program for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, and is a faculty member in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

"In what will surely become a standard history of steelmaking, Misa integrates that industry's development with the industrial growth of America in the half-century following the Civil War." -- Science, Technology and Society

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Misa (history, Illinois Institute of Technology) investigates the dynamics of science, technology, and society in this chronicle of the interactions between steelmaking and the rise of the industries that have characterized modern America. He details the railroad's demand for steel in the 1880s, the politics of steel production for battleships, and the early automobile industry's demand for steel. He discusses technical changes and labor-management relations implicated in the steel industry's decline. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)