Books by Thomas J. (University of Minnesota) Misa

A Nation of Steel offers a detailed and fascinating look at an industry that has had a profound impact on American life.

A history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global security, it evaluates what the author calls "the question of technology".