Midnight ride, industrial dawn : Paul Revere and the growth of American enterprise / Robert Martello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martello, Robert, 1968- author.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818.

Revere, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 421 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2010]

Summary:

Original and well told, this account argues that the greatest patriotic contribution of America's Midnight Rider was his work in helping the nation develop from a craft to an industrial economy.

Contents:

1. Artisan, silversmith, and businessman (1754-1775)

2. Patriot, soldier, and handyman of the Revolution (1775-1783)

3. Mercantile ambitions and a new look at silver (1783-1789)

4. To run a "furnass": the iron years (1788-1792)

5. Bells, cannon, and malleable copper (1792-1801)

6. Paul Revere's last ride: the road to rolling copper (1798-1801)

7. The onset of industrial capitalism: managerial and labor adaptations (1802-1811)

8. Becoming industrial: technological innovations and environmental implications (1802-1811).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4214-0100-2