Structures of change in the mechanical age : technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865 / Ross Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Ross.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--United States--History--18th century.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 432 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomson's impressive study of the infrastructure that fueled and supported the young country's economic and industrial successes will interest students of economic, technological, and business history.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Structure and Change

PART I: MULTIPLE PATHS OF INNOVATION

2 Paths of Initial Mechanization, 1790-1835

3 Ongoing Mechanization, 1836-1865

4 Contours of Innovation

PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL CENTERS

5 Machinists as a Technological Center

6 Science, Mechanicians, and Invention

7 The Patent System and the Inventive Community

PART III: INTERLINKING INNOVATIONS

8 The Social Basis of Innovation

9 Technological Leadership

10 Fruition

11 The First Innovation System

Appendix: Selected Primary Sources and Data Sets

Notes

Works Cited

Index

A

B

C

D

E

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G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

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U

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Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-422) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9662-2

OCLC:

557671362