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The Texture of Industry: An Archaeological View of the Industrialization of North America

The Texture of Industry: An Archaeological View of the Industrialization of North America

Gordon, Robert B.
Malone, Patrick M.
Malone, Patrick M.

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringArchaeologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0195111419
ISBN13: 9780195111415
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 6 1997
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.76
Height: 0.96 Width: 7.54 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
While historians have given ample attention to stories of entrepreneurship, invention, and labor conflict, they have told us little about actual work-places and how people worked. Workers seldom wrote about their daily employment. However, they did leave behind their tools, products, shops, and factories as well as the surrounding industrial landscapes and communities. In this book, Gordon and Malone look at the industrialization of North America from the perspective of the industrial archaeologist. Using material evidence from such varied sites as Indian steatite quarries, automobile plants, and coal mines, they examine manufacturing technology, transportation systems, and the effects of industrialization on the land. Their research greatly expands our understanding of industry and focuses attention on the contributions of anonymous artisans whose skills shaped our industrial heritage.

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