The Dawn of Innovation : The First American Industrial Revolution
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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 powerhouse--setting the stage for the vast fortunes that would be made in the golden age of American capitalism. In The Dawn of Innovation, Charles R. Morris vividly brings to life a time when three stupendous American innovations--universal male suffrage, the shift of political power from elites to the middle classes, and a broad commitment to mechanized mass-production--gave rise to the world's first democratic, middle-class, mass-consumption society, a shining beacon to nations and peoples ever since. Behind that ideal were the machines, the men, and the trading and transportation networks that created a new, world-class economic power.
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- ISBN-13: 9781610393577
- ISBN-10: 1610393570
- Publisher: PublicAffairs
- Publish Date: March 2014
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 384
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