| Preface | 7 |
| The lndustrial Revolution and Technological Change | 9 |
| The New United States: Land of Opportunities | 27 |
| ThePromise of Technology | 44 |
| The Transfer of Technology | 59 |
| Invention and Technological Change | 74 |
| Farming and Raw Materials Processing: Causes and Effects of Mechanization | 94 |
| Transportation and theNeed for Invention | 109 |
| The John Bull and the Rise of American Railroading | 125 |
| The Business of Production | 152 |
| Machine Shops: Machines to Make Machines | 167 |
| Textiles and the Styles of American Industrialization | 185 |
| The Rise of the Factory | 205 |
| Clocks and Guns: The "AmericanSystem" of Production | 218 |
| Communitarian Experiments and the Problems of Industrialization | 236 |
| The London Crystal Palace Exhibition and the Recognition of American Technology | 249 |
| Epilogue: The Role of Technology, Past and Present | 269 |
| Quotation Sources | 280 |
| Suggested Readings | 285 |
| Illustration Credits | 299 |
| Index | 303 |