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From the American system to mass production, 1800-1932: the development of manufacturing technology in the United States

David A. Hounshell c1985 © The Johns Hopkins University Press
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  • 9780801831584 (paper)
  • 9780801829758 (hardcover)
Subject
  • American: 1900-present
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  • Frontmatter
  • Figures and Tables (page xi)
  • Foreword (page xv)
  • Acknowledgments (page xix)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • 1. The American System of Manufactures in the Antebellum Period (page 15)
  • 2. The Sewing Machine and the American System of Manufactures (page 67)
  • 3. Mass Production in American Woodworking Industries: A Case Study (page 125)
  • 4. The McCormick Reaper Works and American Manufacturing Technology in the Nineteenth Century (page 153)
  • 5. From the American System toward Mass Production: The Bicycle Industry in the Nineteenth Century (page 189)
  • 6. The Ford Motor Company and the Rise of Mass Production in America (page 217)
  • 7. Cul–de–sac: The Limits of Fordism and the Coming of "Flexible Mass Production" (page 263)
  • 8. The Ethos of Mass Production and Its Critics (page 303)
  • APPENDIX 1. The Evolution of the Expression The American System of Manufactures (page 331)
  • APPENDIX 2. Singer Sewing Machine Artifactual Analysis (page 337)
  • Notes (page 345)
  • Bibliography (page 385)
  • Index (page 399)
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SSS 21.1 (Feb. 1991): 191 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0306-3127%28199102%2921%3A1%3C191%3AFTASTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
EHR 38.2 (May 1985): 323-324 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-0117%28198505%292%3A38%3A2%3C323%3AFTASTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M
JEH 44.4 (Dec. 1984): 1114-1116 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198412%2944%3A4%3C1114%3AFTASTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F
ISIS 76.3 (Sep. 1985): 385-388 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28198509%2976%3A3%3C385%3API%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
JAH 72.2 (Sep. 1985): 385-388 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28198509%2972%3A2%3C385%3AFTASTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
AHR 90.5 (Dec. 1985): 1266-1267 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198512%2990%3A5%3C1266%3AFTASTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1
RAH 13.2 (Jun. 1985): 157-166 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28198506%2913%3A2%3C157%3ASPATC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G
AJS 93.1 (Jul. 1987): 185-197 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28198707%2993%3A1%3C185%3AETC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8
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