Title Structures of change in the mechanical age : technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865 / Ross Thomson

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description xiv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) Contents 1. Structure and change -- 2. Paths of initial mechanization, 1790-1835 -- 3. Ongoing mechanization, 1836-1865 -- 4. Contours of innovation -- 5. Machinists as a technological center -- 6. Science, mechanicians, and invention -- 7. The patent system and the inventive community -- 8. The social basis of innovation -- 9. Technological leadership -- 10. Fruition -- 11. The first innovation system -- App. Selected primary sources and data sets Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-422) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Genre/Form History. LC no. 2008021266 ISBN 9780801891410 hardcover alkaline paper 0801891418 hardcover alkaline paper

Other Titles Technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865

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