Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age

Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age
Author: Ross Thomson
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2009-05-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0801891418

The United States registered phenomenal economic growth between the establishment of the new republic and the end of the Civil War. This study argues that the transition of the United States from an agrarian economy in 1790 to an industrial leader in 1865 relied fundamentally on the spread of technological knowledge within and across industries.