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Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age : Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790-1865.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (449 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801896620
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Structures of Change in the Mechanical AgeDDC classification:
  • 609.73/09033
LOC classification:
  • T173.8 .T498 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Structure and Change -- PART I: MULTIPLE PATHS OF INNOVATION -- 2 Paths of Initial Mechanization, 1790-1835 -- 3 Ongoing Mechanization, 1836-1865 -- 4 Contours of Innovation -- PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL CENTERS -- 5 Machinists as a Technological Center -- 6 Science, Mechanicians, and Invention -- 7 The Patent System and the Inventive Community -- PART III: INTERLINKING INNOVATIONS -- 8 The Social Basis of Innovation -- 9 Technological Leadership -- 10 Fruition -- 11 The First Innovation System -- Appendix: Selected Primary Sources and Data Sets -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Thomson's impressive study of the infrastructure that fueled and supported the young country's economic and industrial successes will interest students of economic, technological, and business history.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Structure and Change -- PART I: MULTIPLE PATHS OF INNOVATION -- 2 Paths of Initial Mechanization, 1790-1835 -- 3 Ongoing Mechanization, 1836-1865 -- 4 Contours of Innovation -- PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL CENTERS -- 5 Machinists as a Technological Center -- 6 Science, Mechanicians, and Invention -- 7 The Patent System and the Inventive Community -- PART III: INTERLINKING INNOVATIONS -- 8 The Social Basis of Innovation -- 9 Technological Leadership -- 10 Fruition -- 11 The First Innovation System -- Appendix: Selected Primary Sources and Data Sets -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Thomson's impressive study of the infrastructure that fueled and supported the young country's economic and industrial successes will interest students of economic, technological, and business history.

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