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The life and times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 /
After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf andthe shops and warehouses close to the harbor....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf andthe shops and warehouses close to the harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and brought the industrial revolution to the United States. From 1810 to the start of the War of 1812, he traveled through Great Britain where he saw the tremendous changes caused by the industrial revolution, starting. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739146859 0739146858 128292186X 9781282921863 9786612921865 6612921862 |