Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry

Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001

AvGerald M. Carbone,Rhode Island Historical Society

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry.The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, culminating in history's longest strike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-04-18
Mått:178 x 254 x 15 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476669212

Utforska kategorier

Företagsekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Gerald M. Carbone completed a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University, and earned a master’s degree in public humanities at Brown University. This is his third book. He lives in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Recensioner i media

“solid, well-researched, detailed history”—Providence Journal; “the most important Rhode Island history book of the year. Despite the author’s background of writing from the labor point of view, Joseph Brown’s descendants nonetheless allowed [Carbone] unfettered access to write the complete, accurate, and unvarnished truth of their family company. The decision was an excellent one, as [he] has created a fine and balanced book...excellent book”—Online Review of Rhode Island History; “comprehensive history of one of Rhode Island’s leading manufacturers and employers. Carbone tells its story in an easy readable fashion, with photos from the archives adding to the account”—Cranston Herald.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Steven LubarPrefacePart One—Age of Invention1. A Burning Curiosity2. A Curiosity Shop3. “The Genius of Its Maker”4. “An Eye to Business”5. Prosperity6. Panic7. The Age of Steel8. Providence, Paris, Chicago9. Spoke Wheels, Turning10. Death and SuccessionPart Two—Centralization11. “Clean the Damned Place Out!”12. When Peppermint Creams Meet Steel13. “If I Had Known This Was Coming”14. “Don’t We Ever Play a Waltz?”: The 1930s15. World War II: Defense Workers Wanted16. One War Ends, Another BeginsPart Three—A People’s Capitalism17. Flying into the Jet Age18. Retooling19. An Industrial EdenPart Four—Managerial Capitalism and the Global Corporation20. Fenced In21. The Longest Strike22. Locked OutChapter NotesBibliographyIndex