TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,Ross
TI  - Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790-1865
T2  - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series
SN  - 9780801896620
AV  - T173.8 .T498 2009 
U1  - 609.73/09033 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Technological innovations-United States-History-18th century
KW  - Technological innovations-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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