W David Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 997883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W David Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | W David |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS W D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1213-0008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Newgate to Dannemora: The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796–1848
A significant chapter in the history of American social reform is traced in this skillful account of the rise of the New York penitentiary system at a time when the United States was garnering international acclaim for its penal methods. Beginning with Newgate, an ill-fated institution built in New York City and named after the famous British prison, W. David Lewis describes the development of such well-known institutions as Auburn Prison and Sin…
The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination
Journal Article The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination Get access The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination. By Robertson Linda R.. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. xx, 481 pp. Cloth, $35.95, isbn0-8166-4270-2. Paper, $22.95, isbn0-8166-4271-0.) W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama Search for other works by this aut…
The American Aerospace Industry: From Workshop to Global Enterprise
Journal Article The American Aerospace Industry: From Workshop to Global Enterprise. By Roger E. Bilstein. (New York: Twayne, 1996. xviii, 280 pp. $28.95, ISBN 0-8057-9838-2.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1134–1135, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953220 Published: 0…
Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920
Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920 by Henry M. McKiven Jr
984 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE often gave out money” (p. 109). Indeed, Dessalles’ legitimate con cern and affection for some of his slaves contrast sharply with his usually depressing comments about his spouse and legitimate chil dren. He came to enjoy the etiquette ofrace relations on the planta tion, giving slaves gifts on New Year’s Day, gathering them around him for evening prayers, soliciting gossip about their personal and sexua…
Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic
A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925
Journal Article A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865–1925. By Thomas J. Misa. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. xxviii, 367 pp. $49.95, ISBN 0-8018-4967-5.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 1, June 1996, Pages 220–221, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945543 Publ…
Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic
Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic
Journal Article Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic. By W. David Lewis. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1994. xxvi, 645 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8173-0708-7.) Get access John N. Ingham John N. Ingham University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 2, September 1995, Page 779, https://doi.org/10.2…
The Politics of International Aviation
The Chicago conference revisited - the record and legacy from the DC-3 to hypersonic flight - the changing environment ICAO in the United Nations context - a case history in functionalism decision making in ICAO - who governs in the governing body? international aviation and the Third World - the politics of equal opportunity civil and military aviation - sharing the same sky international conflicts and the safety of air travel flying targets - a…
The Politics of International Aviation by Eugene Sochor
960 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE The authors conclude that the major contribution of strategic bombing had been the attrition of Luftwaffe fighters and that the campaign for aerial superiority ranks in importance with such battles as Midway, Britain, and Stalingrad in the turn of the tide in World War II. To Command the Sky is a compelling book, clearly written and convincingly argued using both American and German sources. The authors dis…
The Airmail Pickup System of All American Aviation: A Failed Innovation
From May 1939 through June 1949, All American Aviation employed a unique nonstop airmail pickup and delivery system, invented by Lytle S. Adams and modified for commercial use by company engineers after Richard C. du Pont acquired Adams's patent rights. Used to deliver airmail to small communities scattered throughout rugged terrain in western Pennsylvania and West Virgina, the system was also exploited in World War II to tow gliders aloft, and t…
Pacific Air Race
Industrialization and Urbanization—the SENCSA Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, April 1987
Conference Report INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION—THE SENCSA CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 1987 W. DAVID LEWIS Founded in 1979, the Southeastern Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (SENCSA) is an interdisciplinary organization that aims to bring together “scholars of literature, languages, history, philosophy, religion, music, art, architecture, science, and the social sciences for lively and provocative conferences…
Industrialization and Urbanization-The SENCSA Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, April 1987
The Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953
The Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953
Lytle S. Adams, the Apostle of Nonstop Airmail Pickup
The Cover Design LYTLE S. ADAMS, THE APOSTLE OF NONSTOP AIRMAIL PICKUP WILLIAM F. TRIMBLE AND W. DAVID LEWIS The picture on the cover of the December 1928 issue of Popular Mechanics has a compelling look (see fig. 1). A red biplane soars over a verdant landscape; off in the hazy distance are a lake and mountains. This was not an unusual sight in the late 1920s as the airplane assumed greater prominence in American life. But in this instance, some…
The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg . Harold G. Dick , Douglas H. Robinson
Hopewell Furnace
The Dearborn, Michigan, Meeting, October 17-20, 1985
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Campaigns against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America
Journal Article Campaigns against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America. By Myra C. Glenn. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984. x + 221 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, selected bibliography, and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $10.95.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History…
Pioneer Plastic: The Making and Selling of Celluloid. Robert Friedel
The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950
Boss Kettering: Wizard of General Motors . Stuart W. Leslie
Economic Change in the Civil War Era
Journal Article Economic Change in the Civil War Era. ... Ed. by David T. Gilchrist and W. David Lewis. (Greenville, Del.: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1965. ix + 180 pp. Map, tables, and notes. Cloth, $2.00; paper, $1.25.) Get access Elisha P. Douglass Elisha P. Douglass University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 3, December 1965, Pag…
Campaigns against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America
Journal Article Campaigns against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners, Sailors, Women, and Children in Antebellum America. By Myra C. Glenn. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984. x + 221 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, selected bibliography, and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $10.95.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History…
The Writing of Corporate History
Research Article| July 01 1981 The Writing of Corporate History W. David Lewis, W. David Lewis Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Wesley Phillips Newton Wesley Phillips Newton Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1981) 3 (3): 63–74. https://doi.org/10.2307/3377732 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer …
Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works
Journal Article Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works. By Charles B. Dew. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. ix + 345 pp. Map, illustrations, tables, graph, notes, appendix, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.00.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis State University of New York at Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volum…
Three religious orators and the chartist movement
Challenge and Response in the Middle Atlantic States
Essay| May 01 1961 Challenge and Response in the Middle Atlantic States W. David Lewis W. David Lewis Fellowship Coordinator, Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Wilmington, Delaware W. David Lewis is a part-time member of the department of History at the University of Delaware. He has taught also at Pennsylvania State University and at Hamilton College. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1…
Managers and Scientists: Some Human Problems in Industrial Research Organizations
Economic Change in the Civil War Era
Journal Article Economic Change in the Civil War Era. ... Ed. by David T. Gilchrist and W. David Lewis. (Greenville, Del.: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1965. ix + 180 pp. Map, tables, and notes. Cloth, $2.00; paper, $1.25.) Get access Elisha P. Douglass Elisha P. Douglass University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 3, December 1965, Pag…
From Newgate to Dannemora: The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796-1848
Journal Article From Newgate to Dannemora: The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796–1848. By W. David Lewis. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1965. x + 311 pp. Illustrations, notes, critical essay on sources, and index. $6.75.) Get access C. S. Griffin C. S. Griffin University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 2, September 1965, Pages 361–363, h…
Administering Research and Development: The Behavior of Scientists and Engineers in Organizations
The Organization of Research Establishments
Economic Change in the Civil War Era
Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works
Journal Article Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works. By Charles B. Dew. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. ix + 345 pp. Map, illustrations, tables, graph, notes, appendix, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.00.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis State University of New York at Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volum…
Technology and Urbanization: The SHOT-OAH Program April 1966
Economic Change in the Civil War Era
Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York)
[Conceptual Sketch of of Museum of Glass I Site Plan], untitled. Ink sketch on blue-line print, 9 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]
Parrying Perrot
PARRYING PERROT W. DAVID LEWIS When I first sent Paul Perrot an advance copy of my review dealing with the Corning Museum of Glass, I expected it to arouse a spirited rejoinder on his part. Although I believed that it constituted a fair assess ment of the Museum’s exhibits, I recognized that it pulled no punches, and I was fully prepared for a counterattack. I am glad that he has risen to the defense of the institution he heads, as any museum di…
Beyond Left and Right: Radical Thought for Our Times ed. by Richard Kostelanetz (review)
120 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE differences between these groups than Simon suggests. In particular, I think there are important psychological differences between “creat ing” a solution to a problem, “creating” a problem, and “creating” a luxury item. The fact that Simon has provided us with some of the benefits of studying the problem-solving behavior of human beings in various situations from a particular perspective should not cause u…
Confederate Propaganda in Europe: 1861-1865
Journal Article Confederate Propaganda in Europe: 1861–1865. By Charles P. Cullop. (Coral Gables: University of Miami Press, 1969. 160 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $6.95.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis State University of New York, Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 57, Issue 1, June 1970, Pages 153–154, https://doi.org/10.2307/19005…
The Hollingworth Letters: Technical Change in the Textile Industry, 1826-1837
Journal Article The Hollingworth Letters: Technical Change in the Textile Industry, 1826–1837. Ed. by Thomas W. Leavitt. (Cambridge: The Society for the History of Technology and The M.I.T. Press, 1969. xxvii + 120 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $5.95.) Get access W. David Lewis W. David Lewis State University of New York, Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal …
Early Stationary Steam Engines in America: A Study in the Migration of a Technology
House of Refuge: Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857
The New York House of Refuge, the first institution in America to deal with juvenile delinquency as a special problem, opened its doors in 1825. Deeply concerned with the plight of the thousands of children who roamed the New York City streets, many of them becoming professional criminals, a volunteer group called the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents founded the institution to rehabilitate “deviant” adolescents. This is the sto…
Beyond Left and Right: Radical Thought for Our Times
Technological Man: The Myth and the Reality by Victor C. Ferkiss (review)
388 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE sued profit through socially detrimental means as well as through so cially beneficial ones. It is now finally clear, on the record of business itself, that techno logical and organizational virtuosity—however imaginative and produc tive—directed in pursuit of private profit by a managerial elite—however sensitive and efficient—are simply inadequate to achieve the social ideals Americans profess. At leas…
Technological Man: The Myth and the Reality
Our Own Metaphor: A Personal Account of a Conference on the Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation
The San Francisco Meeting, December 27-30, 1973
Organizational Notes THE SAN FRANCISCO MEETING, DECEMBER 27-30, 1973 The sixteenth annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology took place at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Fran cisco, December 27-30, 1973. Program sessions were held in conjunc tion with the History of Science Society and the American Historical Association. The topics covered a broad range of subject matter. At tendance was high and interest was brisk, so t…
Coal Age Empire: Pennsylvania Coal and Its Utilization to 1860
The Smithsonian Institution's "1876" Exhibit
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