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Manufacturing revolution : the intellectual origins of early American industry / Lawrence A. Peskin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peskin, Lawrence A., author.
- Series:
- Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
- Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manufacturing industries--United States--History.
- Manufacturing industries.
- Industrialization--United States--History.
- Industrialization.
- Industrial relations--United States--History.
- Industrial relations.
- Entrepreneurship--United States--History.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Edition:
- Johns Hopkins paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I: The Revolutionary Era
- 1 The British Economic System
- 2 Manufacturing and Revolution
- 3 Lurching toward Economic Independence
- PART II: The Critical Period
- 4 Mechanic Protectionism
- 5 Manufacturing Societies
- 6 Agricultural Societies
- PART III: Toward Industrialization
- 7 Redefining Manufacturing
- 8 Promoting Manufacturing in the New Century
- 9 Political Parties and Manufactures
- 10 Harmony and Discord in the "Era of Good Feelings"
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Essay on Sources
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 8, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0275-0
- OCLC:
- 654516199
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