Engines of change : the American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860 / Brooke Hindle and Steven Lubar.

Main entry:

Hindle, Brooke, author.

Title & Author:

Engines of change : the American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860 / Brooke Hindle and Steven Lubar.

Publication:

Description:

309 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index.
I. The Industrial Revolution and technological change -- II. The new United States: Land of opportunities -- III. The promise of technology -- IV. The transfer of technology -- V. Invention and technological change -- VI. Farming and raw materials processing: Causes and effects of mechanization -- VII. Transportation and the need for invention -- VIII. The John Bull and the rise of American railroading -- IX. The business of production -- X. Machine shops: Machines to make machines -- XI. Textiles and the styles of American industrialization -- XII. The rise of the factory -- XIII. Clocks and guns: The "American system" of production -- XIV. Communitarian experiments and the problems of industrialization -- XV. The London Crystal Palace exhibition and the recognition of American technology -- XVI. Epilogue: The role of technology, past and present.

Summary:

Contains photographs, drawings, and maps that depict the physical survivals of technologies of the American Industrial Revolution, most of which are displayed in the Smithsonian Institution; and includes text that explains the technology and related aspects of the era.

ISBN:

0874745403 (alk. paper)
9780874745405 (alk. paper)
087474539X (pbk.)
9780874745399 (pbk.)

Subject:

Industrial revolution United States.
Technological innovations Economic aspects United States History.
Industries United States History.
Innovations Aspect économique États-Unis Histoire.
Industrie États-Unis Histoire.
Révolution industrielle États-Unis.
Industries
Economic history
Industrial revolution
Technological innovations Economic aspects
Geschichte
Industrialisierung
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION United States.
TECHNOLOGY History.
United States Economic conditions To 1865.
États-Unis Conditions économiques Jusqu'à 1865.
United States
USA
United States Economic conditions.

Form/genre:

Government publications
History

Added entries:

Lubar, Steven D., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 29471
Call No.: ID:88-B1602
Status: Available

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