Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Knowledge as property in the international state system -- ch. 2. The battle over technology within the empire -- ch. 3. Benjamin Franklin and America's technology deficit -- ch. 4. After the revolution : "the American seduction of machines and artisans" -- ch. 5. Official orchestration of technology smuggling -- ch. 6. Constructing the American understanding of intellectual property -- ch. 7. The path to crystal palace -- Notes -- Index
Summary
During the first decades of America's existence as a nation private citizens, voluntary associations, & government officials encouraged the smuggling of European inventions & artisans to the New World. At the same time the new US was setting new standards for the protection of industrial innovations
