Manufacturing independence : industrial innovation in the American Revolution / Robert F. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Robert F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons industry--United States--History--18th century.

Weapons industry.

Industrial revolution--United States.

Industrial revolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

The Untold Story of the Industrial Revolution and the American Victory in the War for Independence Benjamin Franklin was serious when he suggested the colonists arm themselves with the longbow.The American colonies were not logistically prepared for the revolution and this became painfully obvious in war's first years.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. "The people . . . cannot help themselves": The Failure of War Mobilization and the Call for a National Weapons Program

2. "Laboratories . . . ordnance . . . artificers [and] Ammunition": The Department of the Commissary General of Military Stores

3. "On the same plan as . . . Woolwich": Adopting The Industrial Revolution in America

4. "Regiment of Artillery Artificers" and "hired men": Promoting a Manufacturing Revolution in Philadelphia

5. "ARTIFICERS, WHO prefer LIBERTY to SLAVERY": Manufacturing Innovation at Carlisle and Springfield

6. "Devise ways and means for procuring [cannon]": Directing Private Manufacturers: Inspection and Instruction

7. "We manufactured all the articles necessary for our defence": Directing Private Manufacturers: Providing Resources

8. "The American Foundery": Military Stores Activities After the Revolution

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-59416-613-7

OCLC:

1197566532