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Endless novelty :

(Number (ISBN

0691029733

(Number (ISBN

0691070180

(Number (ISBN

9780691029733

(Number (ISBN

9780691070186

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b722374

Title Proper

Endless novelty :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

specialty production and American industrialization, 1865-1925 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Philip Scranton.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Princeton, N.J. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1997.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 415 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

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24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-405) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- Specialty manufacturing to 1876 -- Institutions and the context for specialty production -- The 1876 exposition and Philadelphia manufacturing -- Providence and New York: jewelry, silverward, and printing -- Midwestern specialists: Cincinnati Tools and Grand Rapids Furniture -- Chicago and Grand Rapids: Palace cars and furniture -- Fashioning the machine tool hub: Cincinnati -- Back East: The Electrical equipment industry -- The perils of Providence: jewelry's erratic course -- Workshop of the world: Philadelphia -- War, depression, and specialty production into the 1920s -- Looking ahead.

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Flexibility, specialization, and niche marketing are buzzwords in the business literature these days, yet few realize that it was these elements that helped the United States first emerge as a global manufacturing leader between the Civil War and World War I. The huge mass production-based businesses - steel, oil, and autos - have long been given sole credit for this emergence. In Endless Novelty, Philip Scranton boldly recasts the history of this vital episode in the development of American business, known as the nation's Second Industrial Revolution, by considering the crucial impact of trades featuring specialty, not standardized, production. Scranton takes us on a grand tour through American specialty firms and districts, where, for example, we meet printers and jewelry makers in New York and Providence, furniture builders in Grand Rapids, and tool specialists in Cincinnati. Throughout he highlights the benevolent as well as the strained relationships between workers and proprietors, the lively interactions among entrepreneurs and city leaders, and the personal achievements of industrial engineers like Frederic W. Taylor. The result is an enriching overview of the dynamic history of American manufacturing.

University of South Alabama

Manufacturing industries-- United States-- History.

Specialty stores-- United States-- History.

Industrialisation-- États-Unis-- Histoire.

Industrie manufacturière-- États-Unis-- Histoire.

Magasins spécialisés-- États-Unis-- Histoire.

Nouveautés-- États-Unis-- Histoire.

Geschichte 1865-1925.

Histoire.

Industrialisatie.

Industrialisation.

Industrie

Industrie manufacturière.

Luxusgüterproduktion

Magasin spécialisé

Manufactures-- United States-- History.

Manufacturing industries.

Nouveauté

Specialty stores-- United States-- History.

Specialty stores.

Spezialisierung

Verwerkende industrie.

États-Unis.

United States.

USA.

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Scranton, Philip.

Date of Transaction

20201208140803.0

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