Ingenious Yankees : : The Rise of the American System of Manufactures in the Private Sector / / Donald R. Hoke.
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.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1990] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 1990 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Table of 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