Why Has America Stopped Inventing? takes a close look at why America’s 200 year experiment with patents appears to be failing, and why America has all but stopped inventing. It explains why our over-legislated patent system has snuffed out any incentive to invent desperately needed technologies, such as new forms of clean energy. Why Has America Stopped Inventing? shows how this happened by comparing the experiences of America’s most successful 19th century inventors with those of today.
In 'American Inventions and Inventors,' Arthur May Mowry and William A. Mowry compile a meticulously curated collection that spans the breadth and depth of American innovation. This anthology not only showcases the wide array of literary styles employed to discuss the historical and societal impacts of inventions but also highlights the profound diversity within American ingenuity itself. The selection of works demonstrates a conscious effort to represent the kaleidoscope of voices and perspectives that have shaped the narrative of American progress, making it a significant contribution to the literary and historical canon of the United States. The Mowry duo, respected for their scholarly work in the realms of history and education, bring a unique blend of expertise and passion to the theme of American inventions. Their backgrounds provide a rich foundation for exploring the intersection of historical, cultural, and technological development, uniting a variety of periods and movements within the American experience. By weaving together the contributions of numerous inventors and scholars, the collection presents a comprehensive view of innovation as a driving force in American culture and identity. This anthology is a must-read for anyone interested in the confluence of literature, history, and technology. 'American Inventions and Inventors' offers readers a rare opportunity to engage with a multilayered dialogue that spans across time and discipline, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the complexity and richness of American innovation. Through its educational value and its exploration of diverse themes and styles, the collection invites readers to broaden their understanding of what constitutes American inventiveness, making it an essential addition to any scholarly library.
This book examines key cases of terrorist violence to show that the invention of terrorism was linked to the birth of modernity in Europe, Russia and the United States, rather than to Tsarist despotism in 19th century Russia or to Islam sects in Medieval Persia. Combining a highly readable historical narrative with analysis of larger issues in social and political history, the author argues that the dissemination of news about terrorist violence was at the core of a strategy that aimed for political impact on rulers as well as the general public. Dietze's lucid account also reveals how the spread of knowledge about terrorist acts was, from the outset, a transatlantic process. Two incidents form the book's centerpiece. The first is the failed attempt to assassinate French Emperor Napolon III by Felice Orsini in 1858, in an act intended to achieve Italian unity and democracy. The second case study offers a new reading of John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859, as a decisive moment in the abolitionist struggle and occurrences leading to the American Civil War. Three further examples from Germany, Russia, and the US are scrutinized to trace the development of the tactic by first imitators. With their acts of violence, the "invention" of terrorism was completed. Terrorism has existed as a tactic since then and has essentially only been adapted through the use of new technologies and methods.
Are you worried about the demise of American manufacturing? Discover innovative solutions that can revolutionize its future. Are you tired of hearing news of yet another American company outsourcing factory jobs overseas? Do you struggle to find products sporting a “Made in the USA” tag? Experienced executive Vino Mody is here to shed light on the current state of American industry and provide a hopeful glimpse into its future. After more than three decades of experience with four different companies in the U.S. and Europe, Mody serves as your guide to a comprehensive history of the rise, fall, and current revival of the American industrial era. Invented and Made in the USA explores how disruptive innovations, changes in manufacturing, and the mining of raw materials have created unmatched employment and wealth. By applying lessons from historical trends and his own insider knowledge, Mody provides real-world answers for the economic obstacles facing our nation. The promise of continued prosperity is alive and well. In Invented and Made in the USA, you’ll discover: -How despite doomsday predictions, the future of American industry is actually bright -How authentic wealth is created with new technology, manufacturing, natural resource extraction, and construction -How changed incentives, regulations, and education systems can grow American manufacturing -How expanding manufacturing can alleviate the national deficit, as well as income inequality and social unrest -How to put America on the path to greater self-sufficiency, and much, much more! Invented and Made in the USA is your guidebook through the intricacies of American industry. If you like a solid historical foundation, real-world examples, and expert advice, then you’ll love Vino Mody’s definitive work. Buy Invented and Made in the USA to join the revival today!
Will "poisoned" Indians conquer the United States in the twenty-first century? Is there anything that can be done to stop them? Can the United States's oldest and most loyal Indian military ally, the Choctaws, stop them? Or do Choctaws pose the most difficult problem of all? In this provocative and incendiary book, D. L. Birchfield bluntly points out what few are willing to say: America's population superiority is now meaningless; its population density is a crippling liability; and the United States has a dangerous "Indian problem." If you don't know about the American betrayal of the Choctaws, or whether Choctaws are still loyal to the United States, or why the third largest Indian nation in North America is virtually unknown to Americans, sit back and hold on as Birchfield pulls back the curtain to reveal a startling future, with an irreverence and disdain for convention that is anything but subtle.
Shows how the Quakers shaped the basic distinctive features of American life from the days of the founders and the colonies through the Revolution and up to the civil rights movement; also points out how Quaker values like freedom, equality, straightforwardness, and spirituality can be seen in modern day peace advocates.--From publisher description.
Austin Voronkov is many things. He is an engineer, an inventor, an immigrant from Russia to Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1913, where he gets a job at a rifle factory. At the house where he rents a room, he falls in love with a woman named Julia, who becomes his wife and the mother of his three children. When Austin is wrongly accused of attending anarchist gatherings his limited grasp of English condemns him to his fate as a deportee, retreating with his new bride to his home in Russia, where he and his young family become embroiled in the Civil War and must flee once again, to Mexico. While Julia and the children are eventually able to return to the U.S., Austin becomes indefinitely stranded in Mexico City because of the black mark on his record. He keeps a daily correspondence with Julia, as they each exchange their hopes and fears for the future, and as they struggle to remain a family across a distance of two countries. Austin becomes convinced that his engineering designs will be awarded patents, thereby paving the way for the government to approve his return and award his long sought-after American citizenship. At the same time he becomes convinced that an FBI agent is monitoring his every move, with the intent of blocking any possible return to the United States. Austin and Julia's struggles build to crisis and heartrending resolution in this dazzling, sweeping debut. The novel is based in part on Vanessa Manko's family history and the life of a grandfather she never knew. Manko used this history as a jumping off point for the novel, which focuses on borders between the past and present, sanity and madness, while the very real U.S.-Mexico border looms. The novel also explores how loss reshapes and transforms lives. It is a deeply moving testament to the enduring power of family and the meaning of home.
