Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry
(Part of the Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Series)
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"While much has been written about the industrial revolution," writes Lawrence Peskin, "we rarely read about industrial revolutionaries." This absence, he explains, reflects the preoccupation of both classical and Marxist economics with impersonal forces rather than with individuals. In Manufacturing Revolution Peskin deviates from both dominant paradigms by closely examining the words and deeds of individual Americans who made things...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080188750X
ISBN13:9780801887505
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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