The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States
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Köp båda 2 för 779 krThe history of technology at its very best. It is also a volume which has a great deal to interest the business historian... A superb study replete with new insights and eqully valuable in its parts as in their sum... This is an exciting book which deserves the highest praise. Business History David Hounshell's history of the evolution of American production methods has few rivals: in execution of the theme it has none... Both the armchair historian and the specialist in the history of technology will find this a highly readable and most informative work. Science
David A. Hounshell teaches history at the University of Delaware and is curator of technology at the Hagley Museum in Wilmington.
Figures and Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The American System of Manufacures in the Antebellum Period Chapter 2. The Sewing Machine and the American System of Manufactures Chapter 3. Mass Production in American Woodworking Industries: A Case Study Chapter 4. The McCormick Reaper Works and American Manufacturing Technology in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. From the American System toward Mass Production: The Bicycle Industry in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 6. The Ford Motor Company and the Rise of Mass Production in America Chapter 7. Cul-de-sac: The Limits of Fordism and the Coming of "Flexible Mass Production" Chapter 8. The Ethos of Mass Production and Its Critics Appendix 1. The Evolution of the Expression The American System of Manufactures Appendix 2. Singer Sewing Machine Artificial Analysis Notes Bibliography Index