The Resource I invented the modern age : the rise of Henry Ford, Richard Snow
I invented the modern age : the rise of Henry Ford, Richard Snow
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- Summary
- "From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad; today it's the microprocessor. But in the early twentieth century it was the gasoline-combustion engine, built by a young, unknown, industrious man named Henry Ford. Born into a steam-powered world, the young farm boy saw the advantages of internal combustion; using his innate mechanical abilities, hard work, and imagination he transformed our nation's industry and went on to become an American icon. In many ways, his story is well known; in just as many other ways, it is not. Richard Snow weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame--as well as his creative personality and spirit--through his greatest invention, the Model T. The car transformed our nation in a decade, and made Ford a national hero. But then Ford soured, and the benevolent side of his character went into an ever-deepening eclipse, even as the cultural change he initiated remade America. Snow, who "writes with verve and a keen eye" (The New York Times Book Review) has written a highly pleasurable read, and shows us the remarkable man who invented the modern age"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- I invented the modern age : the rise of Henry Ford
- Title
- I invented the modern age
- Title remainder
- the rise of Henry Ford
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Snow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad; today it's the microprocessor. But in the early twentieth century it was the gasoline-combustion engine, built by a young, unknown, industrious man named Henry Ford. Born into a steam-powered world, the young farm boy saw the advantages of internal combustion; using his innate mechanical abilities, hard work, and imagination he transformed our nation's industry and went on to become an American icon. In many ways, his story is well known; in just as many other ways, it is not. Richard Snow weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame--as well as his creative personality and spirit--through his greatest invention, the Model T. The car transformed our nation in a decade, and made Ford a national hero. But then Ford soured, and the benevolent side of his character went into an ever-deepening eclipse, even as the cultural change he initiated remade America. Snow, who "writes with verve and a keen eye" (The New York Times Book Review) has written a highly pleasurable read, and shows us the remarkable man who invented the modern age"--
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- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Snow, Richard
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ford, Henry
- Automobile engineers
- Industrialists
- Automobile industry and trade
- Ford Model T automobile
- Label
- I invented the modern age : the rise of Henry Ford, Richard Snow
- Control code
- 17563235
- Extent
- xv, 364 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451645576
- Lccn
- 2012037554
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- I invented the modern age : the rise of Henry Ford, Richard Snow
- Control code
- 17563235
- Extent
- xv, 364 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451645576
- Lccn
- 2012037554
- Other physical details
- ill.
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