
Science and Technology in Colonial America
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Science and Technology in Everyday Life in Colonial America covers a wide range of topics that will interest students of American history and the history of science and technology: * Domestic technology-how colonial women devised new strategies for day-to-day survival * Agricultural-how Native Americans and African slaves influenced the development of a American system of agriculture * War-how the frequent battles during the colonial period changed how industry made consumer goods This volume includes myriad examples of the impact science and technology had on the lives of individual who lived in the New World.
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Making a Living: Agriculture
Wood, Fruit Crops and Other Tree Products
Making a Living: Manufacturing and Industry
The World of the Sea
Technology in Domestic Life
Architecture and Housing
Transportation
Reading and Seeing: The Technology of Words and Images
Science and Technology on the Land: Surveying and Cartography
Technology and War
Natural Knowledge in American Colonial Societies
The Scientific Revolution in Colonial America
The Age of Benjamin Franklin
Bibliography
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