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Ingenious Yankees : The Rise of the American System of Manufactures in the Private Sector / Donald R. Hoke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231915847
  • 9780231884457
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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