Networked machinists: high-technology industries in Antebellum America
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Main Author: Meyer, David R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2006
Series:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-305) and index
Introduction: Machinists' traces -- I: The formation of the networks, 1790-1820 -- Iron foundries become early hubs of machinist networks -- A networked community built by cotton textile machinists -- The Federal armories and private firearms firms operate in open networks -- II: the elaboration of the networks, 1820-1860 -- Iron foundries rule the heavy capital equipment industry -- Networked machinists build locomotives -- Resilient cotton textile machinist networks -- The cradles of the metalworking machinery industry -- Machine tool networks -- Machinists' networks forge the pivotal producer durables industry
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 311 p.)
ISBN:0801889227
9780801889226

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