America the Ingenious: How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World

by Kevin Baker

"Among the many rewards of America the Ingenious , Kevin Baker's survey of Yankee know-how, is stumbling on its buried nuggets. . . . Baker examines a wide range of the achievements that have made, and still make, America great again--and again." -- The Wall Street Journal All made in America: The skyscraper and subway car. The telephone and telegraph. The safety elevator and safety pin. Plus the microprocessor, amusement park, MRI, supermarket, Pennsylvania...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579656943
• ISBN13: 9781579656942
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Artisan Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.7" x 9.1"