I: The transit of technology
Importing the industrial revolution
II: The domestication of the industrial revolution
The expansion of American manufactures
The mechanization of farming
III: the imprint of American technology
Creating an urban environment
Westward the course of industry
Export, exploitation, and empire
IV: Technology and hegemony
The coming of science and systems
The decade of prosperity and consumption
Depression: study and subsidy
Wars and the "American century"
Challenge and change in a postmodern world
1. The tools brought over.
2. Importing the industrial revolution.
3. Improving transportation.
4. The expansion of American manufactures. -5. The mechanization of farming.
6. Creating an urban environment.
7. Westward the course of industry.
8. Export, exploitation, and empire.
9. The coming of science and systems.
10. The decade of prosperity and consumption.
11. Depression: study and subsidy.
12. Wars and the American century.
13. Challenge, defense, and revolution in a postmodern world.
