Mastering iron : the struggle to modernize an American industry, 1800-1868 /

"Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Iron making began almost as soon as European settlement, with the establishment of the first ironworks in colonial Massachusetts. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world's dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knowles, Anne Kelly
Otros Autores: Harvey, Chester
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Iron industry and trade > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Iron industry and trade
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Iron in America
  • Mapping the iron industry
  • The worlds of ironworkers
  • High hopes and failure
  • The elements of success
  • Iron for the Civil War
  • Conclusion: American iron.

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