Title Structures of change in the mechanical age : technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865 / Ross Thomson.

Publication Info.	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 432 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-422) and index.
Contents	Structure and change -- Paths of initial mechanizationi, 1790-1835 -- Ongoing mechanization, 1836-1865 -- Contours of innovation -- Machinists as a technological center -- Science, mechanicians, and invention -- The patent system and the inventive community -- The social basis of innovation -- Technological leadership -- Fruition -- The first innovation system.
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Subject	Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Technological innovations.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term	19th century
	1700-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books -- Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Thomson, Ross. Structures of change in the mechanical age. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2009 9780801891410 (DLC) 2008021266 (OCoLC)228427334
ISBN	9780801896620 (electronic book)
	0801896622 (electronic book)
	9780801891410 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
	0801891418 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)