cover image Made in USA: 2the Secret Histories of the Things That Made America

Made in USA: 2the Secret Histories of the Things That Made America

Phil Patton. Penguin Books, $20 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-14-017588-2

Vastly informative and great fun to read, this lively account explains how popular technology helped mold American society--and vice versa. Photos. (July)