| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | ix |
| PREFACE | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION | 3 |
| CHAPTER 1. THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CYCLE | 7 |
| CHAPTER 2. THE WINNOWING OF TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE | 19 |
| CHAPTER 3. THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT | 31 |
| CHAPTER 4. THE TECHNOLOGY PLAYERS | 43 |
| CHAPTER 5. THE FINANCES OF TECHNOLOGY | 57 |
| CHAPTER 6. THE RISE OF TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICA | 67 |
| CHAPTER 7. INVENTIONS OF THE RISE | 75 |
| 1879—Electric Light Bulb | 75 |
| 1886—Dishwasher | 75 |
| 1900—Brownie Camera | 76 |
| 1903—Airplane | 77 |
| 1904—Alkaline Storage Battery | 77 |
| 1904—Vacuum tube | 78 |
| 1906—Gyrocompass | 78 |
| 1907—Electric Washing Machine | 79 |
| 1908—Interchangeable Parts in Mass Production | 80 |
| 1913—Assembly Line | 81 |
| 1913—Electric Refrigerator | 81 |
| 1913—Thermal Cracking Process | 82 |
| 1917—Food Quick Freezing | 83 |
| CHAPTER 8. TECHNOLOGY’S GOLDEN AGE | 85 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Rise and Fall of American Technology.
Contributors: Lynn G. Gref - Author.
Publisher: Algora.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2010.
Page number: xi.
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