Manufacturing revolution : the intellectual origins of early American industry / Lawrence A. Peskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peskin, Lawrence A., 1966-

Series:

Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--United States--History.

Manufacturing industries.

Entrepreneurship.

History.

Industrialization.

United States.

Industrialization--United States--History.

Industrial relations--United States--History.

Industrial relations.

Entrepreneurship--United States--History.

Physical Description:

x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Although much has been written about the industrial revolution, we rarely read about industrial revolutionaries. This absence reflects the preoccupation of both classical and Marxist economics with impersonal forces rather than with individuals. In Manufacturing Revolution Lawrence A. Peskin deviates from both dominant paradigms by closely examining the words and deeds of individual Americans who made things in their own shops, who met in small groups to promote industrialization, and who, on the local level, strove for economic independence.

Contents:

Part I The Revolutionary Era 9

1 The British Economic System 13

2 Manufacturing and Revolution 30

3 Lurching toward Economic Independence 45

Part II The Critical Period 61

4 Mechanic Protectionism 65

5 Manufacturing Societies 93

6 Agricultural Societies 119

Part III Toward Industrialization 133

7 Redefining Manufacturing 139

8 Promoting Manufacturing in the New Century 162

9 Political Parties and Manufactures 188

10 Harmony and Discord in the "Era of Good Feelings" 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-285) and index.

ISBN:

080187324X

OCLC:

51087976