Structures of change in the mechanical age:technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865
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Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 432 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780801891410 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801891418 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F171 |
CLC: |
F171.29 F171.243-09 |
Call Number: | F171.243-09/T484 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-422) and index. Structure and change -- Paths of initial mechanizationi, 1790-1835 -- Ongoing mechanization, 1836-1865 -- Contours of innovation -- Machinists as a technological center -- Science, mechanicians, and invention -- The patent system and the inventive community -- The social basis of innovation -- Technological leadership -- Fruition -- The first innovation system. |