Stories, Remembrances, and Reflections on the Anthracite Coal Industry's Last Major Catastrophe, January 22, 1959
Relive the drama of the Knox Mine Disaster of January 22, 1959, through the voices of survivors, the victims’ families, contemporary newspaper accounts, and the literature and music generated by the tragedy. Read the poignant and often shocking first-person accounts of those who lived through one of the most devastating disasters in ......
Leveling the Playing Field explores the technologies that "trickle down" to the rest of us, those that were once the domain of the wealthy and powerful--and which therefore tended to make them even more wealthy and powerful. Now, though, these technologies--from books to computers to 3D printing and beyond--have become part of a common toolkit, ......
A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America
Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonathan Rees explores the innovative methods and gadgets that Americans have invented to keep perishable food coldfrom cutting river and lake ice and shipping it to consumers for use in their ......
Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929
Winner, 2012 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology
Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the ......
Higher education is coming under increasing scrutiny, both publically and within academia, with respect to its ability to appropriately prepare students for the careers that will make them competitive in the 21st-century workplace. At the same time, there is a growing awareness that many global issues will require creative and critical thinking ......
The Illinois Iron & Bolt Company was established as an iron foundry and blacksmith shop in 1864 by Angelo Carpenter in the town he platted, Carpentersville, Illinois. This reprint of the Illinois Iron & Bolt Company 1889 catalog includes cast and steel wagon skeins, hydraulic presses, blacksmith tools, vises, anvils, jack screws, sad irons, ......
Core engineering concepts defined with mathematical formulas and diagrams that will support an engineer in courses throughout their student years, as a refresher before certification testing, and as a handy reference throughout a professional career. Precise coverage and easy access makes this a valuable six pages in an immensely critical field of ......
An Inside Look at the Mars Rover Mission and the People Who Made It Happen
The story of the people who designed, built, launched, landed, and are now operating the Mars rover Curiosity Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle provides a behind-the-scenes look into the recent space mission to Mars of Curiosity--the unmanned rover that is now providing researchers with unprecedented information about the red planet. Pyle ......
