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Article: Books: Mother Lode of Invention: A smart new textbook brings American history into focus through the lens of innovation and technology.("Inventing America")(Book Review)
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- Newsweek
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- January 20, 2003
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Byline: Malcolm Jones
As soon as you start reading the new college textbook "Inventing America," you wonder just how far the authors are going to go. They promise to tell the story of America, complete with bewigged Founding Fathers, abolitionists and the Sherman Antitrust Act--all the stuff you dutifully highlighted in yellow when you took American History 101--but with a twist: it will all be seen from the point of view of innovation. Americans, they passionately believe, are inveterate creators and tinkerers, whether it's the light bulb they're inventing or constitutional government. So, you wonder, does this mean concentrating on Benjamin Franklin with the ...