Networked machinists : high-technology industries in Antebellum America / David R. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, David R.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machinists--United States--History.

Machinists.

Metalworking industries--United States--History.

Metalworking industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

economy.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Machinists' Traces; PART I: THE FORMATION OF THE NETWORKS, 1790-1820; 1 Iron Foundries Become Early Hubs of Machinist Networks; 2 A Networked Community Built by Cotton Textile Machinists; 3 The Federal Armories and Private Firearms Firms Operate in Open Networks; PART II: THE ELABORATION OF THE NETWORKS, 1820-1860; 4 Iron Foundries Rule the Heavy Capital Equipment Industry; 5 Networked Machinists Build Locomotives; 6 Resilient Cotton Textile Machinist Networks; 7 The Cradles of the Metalworking Machinery Industry

8 Machine Tool Networks 9 Machinists' Networks Forge the Pivotal Producer Durables Industry; Abbreviations; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-305) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8922-7

OCLC:

923192474