The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610393570 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Bryce Christensen . To begin with, it is a story of American shipwrights frenetically attempting to match Great Britain in building warships during the War of 1812. Morris chronicles the remarkable story behind the remarkable number. Economic history freighted with social and political relevance. From Booklist An unprecedented 3.9 percent average annual rate of economic growth—sustained for more than a century—propelled the U.S. Readers soon realize that American capitalists who surmounted daunting technical challenges (through homegrown Yankee ingenuity and through industrial espionage) also solved a formidable social problem. Peace meant that American
Behind that ideal were the machines, the men, and the trading and transportation networks that created a new, world-class economic power.. In The Dawn of Innovation, Charles R. In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, America went from being a largely rural economy, with little internal transportation infrastructure, to a fledgling industrial powerhousesetting the stage for the vast fortunes that would be made in the golden age of American capitalism. Morris vividly brings to life a time when three stupendous American innovationsuniversal male suffrage, the shift of political power from elites to the middle classes, and a broad commitment to mechanized mass-productiongave rise to the world’s first democratic, middle-class, mass-consumption society, a shining beacon to nat
Interesting vignettes of economic history Alan F. Sewell This book is written in two parts. The first 90% explores that remarkable period of economic growth in the 19th Century when the United States transformed itself from a nation of stone-fenced farms and backwoods log cabins into a continent-spanning urban/industrial economy almost as large as the rest of the world's economies combined. The final 10% is an analysis on how the lessons learned from our early economic rise might help us to manage our trading relations with China, which is currently in th. "I didn't know that, did you?" according to Nicholas Montgomery. The Dawn of Innovation is a comprehensive and detailed view of the American industrial revolution, how it developed and how it influenced modern culture in America. General histories may quote industrial and agricultural production statistics but never explain exactly how or why they grew so quickly in the US. And, rarely do those texts connect so clearly the links between industrialization and other cultural forces such as universal education. The Dawn of Innovation delineates those influences and . "A fantastic, readable study of American and British industrialization" according to Brett. While there are many books out there with considerable detail on the subjects of machine and industrialization, Morris' s book stands alone in its incredible readability while weaving those details into a great narrative. I had a hard time putting the book down.It begins with a long chapter on the Great Lake theatre of conflict in the War of 1812. In all honesty, this is the weakest part of the book - while some may find that military history fascinating, I was eventually skimming it on my way to Ch