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This perspective allows a unique view of the development of an industrial society not just from the ground up but from the hearth up.

About the author

Sean Patrick Adams is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida and author of Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America, published by Johns Hopkins.

Summary

This perspective allows a unique view of the development of an industrial society not just from the ground up but from the hearth up.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Patrick Adams, Sean Patrick (Associate Professor Adams
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781421413570
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1357-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: How Things Worked; How Things Worked
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous