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History of Metals in Colonial America /
The story of the introduction and growth of the technology of metals in the North American colonial period entails significant developments beyond the transfer of the technology from the Old World to the New. In the struggle to create an indigenous industry, in the efforts to encourage and support t...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Alabama Press (Bibliovault),
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Foreword; 1. Before Jamestown; 2. Metals in the Early Colonies; 3. Copper in the Colonies; 4. Colonial Iron: The Birth of an Industry; 5. Metals Manufacture in the Colonial Period; 6. Colonial Iron: Regulation and Rebellion; 7. Metals and the Revolution; 8. The Critical Years; 9. Reflections on the End of an Era; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index.