Screen LibraryStructures 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 |
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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. |