Technical and Business Revolution - American Woolens to 1832

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Background 2. The Embryo Conceived: American Manufacturing Beginnings, 1787-1812 3. An Overview of American Woolen Manufacture 4. A Technical Revolution: Mechanization of Woolen Manufacture 5. A Business Revolution: Toward More Rational Business Practices; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography

Summary

This title, first published in 1986, develops the story of American woollen manufacture reaching far back in time to establish the very traditional nature of the fabrication of woollen cloths. This title will be of interest to students of economic and American history.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Hitz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138045224
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04522-4
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution; Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, Economic history, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology