Ruth Schwartz Cowan, A Social History of American Technology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997)
I. IN THE BEGINNING
1. The Land, the Natives, and the Settlers
2. Husbandry and Huswifery in the Colonies
3. Colonial Artisans
II. INDUSTRIALIZATION
4. The Early Decades of Industrialization
5. Transportation Revolutions
6. Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Engineers
7. Industrial Society and Technological
Systems
Industrialization,
Dependency, and Technological Systems
The Telegraph
System
The Railroad
System
The Petroleum
System
The Telephone
System
The Electric
System
The Character
of Industrialized Society
Conclusion: Industrialization
and Technological Systems
8. Daily Life and Mundane Work
9. American Ideas about Technology
III. TWENTIETH-CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES
10. Automobiles and Automobility
11. Taxpayers, Generals, and Aviation
12. Communication Technologies and Social Control
13. Biotechnology
Science, Technology,
and Technoscience
Hybrid Corn
Penicillin
The Birth Control
Pill
Conclusion