Manufacturing Revolution
The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry
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2004
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7324-9 (ISBN)
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
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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.
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 and failure, in many places across the early republic. Peskin thus provides a detailed look at labor relations, entrepreneurship, and methods of promoting and financing manufactures. He finds that various social layers had mutual interests and influences; no particular core of business leaders, rising entrepreneurial artisans, or wage laborers alone account for the emergence of manufacturing. The work builds on solid research in both manuscript sources and printed texts from the period between 1750 and 1820.
Audience: Historians of the early republic; economic historians; students of technology, business, and industry
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 and failure, in many places across the early republic. Peskin thus provides a detailed look at labor relations, entrepreneurship, and methods of promoting and financing manufactures. He finds that various social layers had mutual interests and influences; no particular core of business leaders, rising entrepreneurial artisans, or wage laborers alone account for the emergence of manufacturing. The work builds on solid research in both manuscript sources and printed texts from the period between 1750 and 1820.
Audience: Historians of the early republic; economic historians; students of technology, business, and industry
Lawrence A. Peskin is an associate professor of history at Morgan State University.
Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Revolutionary Era
1. The British Economic System
2. Manufacturing and Revolution
3. Lurching toward Economic Independence
Part II: The Critical Period
4. Mechanic Protectionism
5. Manufacturing Societies
6. Agricultural Societies
Part III: Toward Industrialization
7. Redefining Manufacturing
8. Promoting Manufacturing in the New Century
9. Political Parties and Manufactures
10. Harmony and Discord in the "Era of Good Feelings"
Epilogue
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.3.2004 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 567 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8018-7324-X / 080187324X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-7324-9 / 9780801873249 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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