Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)Examining the proliferation of reinforced concrete construction in the United States after 1900, historian Amy E. Slaton considers how scientific approaches and occupations displaced traditionally skilled labor. The technology of concrete buildingslittle studied by historians of engineering, architecture, or industryoffers a remarkable case study in the modernization of American production. The use of concrete brought to construction the new