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Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry

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Description for Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry Paperback. 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. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Lawrence A. Peskin argues that, in accounting for American industrialization, students of the phenomenon have focused mistakenly on large forces and theoretical constructs and on New England and the rise of factories as such. What, he asks, of the ordinary people who considered making things and building shops or small factories to meet the demand they saw? What of the groups and associations that tried to build public support for economic independence from the mother country? "Manufacturing Revolution" explores discussions originating in the Revolutionary era and the course of manufacturing itself-the many years of trial and error, risk ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887505
SKU
V9780801887505
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About Lawrence A. Peskin
Lawrence A. Peskin is an associate professor of history at Morgan State University.

Reviews for Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry
A short review cannot do justice to everything that Peskin has crammed into a book that should prove of interest to business, cultural, economic, and social historians. Historian 2006 An exceptional study of the actors, events, and especially the ideas that laid the groundwork for industrialization in the early American republic. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2006 Well-structured and ... Read more

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