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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870–1970

Thomas P. Hughes

American Genesis is the story of America's love affair-and inextricable entaglement-with technology from 1870-1970, the greatest period of productivity the world has ever known.

TechnologyTechnology · medium confidenceTechnology81 signalsLlm Classifier: Technology -> TechnologyKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryTopic Classifier: Intellectual History & Ideas -> HistoryIntellectual History & IdeasTechnology, Computing & AIScience & DiscoveryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1990FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    From 1870–1970, Americans experienced an enduring love affair—and entanglement—with technology, portrayed as a period of exceptional productivity.

    Model confidence 55%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 42%.