Industrializing Antebellum America
The Rise of Manufacturing Entrepreneurs in the Early Republic
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ISBN-13:
9781403984807
Veröffentl:
2008
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.10.2008
Seiten:
262
Autor:
B. Tucker
Gewicht:
476 g
Format:
221x145x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book explores the rise of manufacturing through the beliefs and practices of key industrialists and their families, exploring how they represented the diverse possibilities for the organization of a new industrial society.
PART I: THE COLTS: CASINO AND CRONY CAPITALISMColt Family ValuesThe Education of Samuel ColtSamuel Colt: From Industry to American EmpirePART II: THE SLATERS: FROM PATERNALISM TO CONTRACTThe Slaters of England and New EnglandJohn Fox and Horatio Nelson Slater: Paternalism, Philanthropy, and the Disciplinary SocietyPART III: THE LAWRENCES: MANUFACTURING AND THE MORAL LIFE OF AN INDUSTRIAL URBAN ELITEAmos and Abbott Lawrence: Philanthropy and Politics in Antebellum AmericaAmos Adams Lawrence: The "Puritan Warrior" and the Destiny of America
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