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A History Of American Manufactures, From 1608 To 1860: Exhibiting The Origin And Growth Of The Principal Mechanic Arts And Manufactures, From The Earl

A History Of American Manufactures, From 1608 To 1860: Exhibiting The Origin And Growth Of The Principal Mechanic Arts And Manufactures, From The Earl

Leander Bishop, J.

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Business GeneralTechnology & EngineeringGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354486959
ISBN13: 9789354486951
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 644
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From the first colonial workshops to the roar of antebellum mills, the making of America is told in tools, tariffs, and hard-won skill. Industry shaped a nation fast. In Volume I, J. Leander Bishop tracks early american manufactures across the United States 1608-1860, mapping how necessity, ingenuity, and policy turned scattered settlements into a manufacturing power. Part industrial history book, part economic history reference, this classic account follows the origin and growth of the principal mechanic arts and useful arts: iron, textiles, shipbuilding, and the wider history of machinery inventions that altered daily life. Bishop writes with the confidence of a nineteenth-century observer, yet his method remains strikingly modern, grounding narrative in tariffs and census data and noting the inventions that pushed productivity forward. For students, it serves as an american history course text with depth; for independent readers, it is a brisk journey through colonial era industry and the choices that fuelled antebellum economic development. It remains a foundational record for anyone tracing the shift from agrarian exchange to organised production, and a steady guide to regional strengths, labour, and capital over time. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Use it as a research reference book, a history of technology america in the making, or a classic nonfiction reprint to place on the shelf beside the defining chronicles of the Republic.

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