Details

Language:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
text file PDF

Summary:

Explores the origins of the American system of manufacturing in the 18th century through an interpretation of evidence drawn from manufactured objects such as wooden movement clocks, axes, typewriters, and watches.

Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Meanwhile, Over in the Private Sector...
2. Wooden Movement Clock Manufacturing in Connecticut, 1807-1850
3. Elisha K. Root and Axe Manufacturing at the Collins Company, 1830-1849
4. Typewriter Manufacturing, 1853-1924
5. The Development of Watch Manufacturing at the Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1849-1910
6. The American System in Perspective: The Public and the Private Sectors
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

ISBN:

9780231884457

OCLC:

1100437760

Publisher Number:

10.7312/hoke91584 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.