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Mechanical Metamorphosis: Technological Change in Revolutionary America
By Neil Longley York
260 pages
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- Greenwood Press
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- Westport, CT
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- 1985
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"York's convincing and clearly written analysis necessitates a re-evalaution of our understanding of the historical role of technology in the US. The American Revolution seems to have elicited a commitment to a technological republic, not just to abstract political ideals. In opposing restrictive British imperial policy, colonial Americans began to embrace the concept that up-to-date technologies would produce considerable political and economic influence .... This important volume is an instructive ...
"York's convincing and clearly written analysis necessitates a re-evalaution of our understanding of the historical role of technology in the US. The American Revolution seems to have elicited a commitment to a technological republic, not just to abstract political ideals. In opposing restrictive British imperial policy, colonial Americans began to embrace the concept that up-to-date technologies would produce considerable political and economic influence.... This important volume is an instructive complement to Silvio A. Bedini, Thinkers and Tinkers: Early American Men of Science and John F. Kasson, Civilizing the Machine. Highly recommended for college, university, and public libraries." - Choice
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Table of contents
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- Recent Titles in Contributions in American Studies ii
- Title Page iii
- CONTENTS vii
- Illustrations ix
- ABBREVIATIONS xi
- FOREWORD xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 3
- NOTES 7
- 1 - Home Manufactures and American Independence 8
- NOTES 29
- 2 - The Isolated Inventor 37
- NOTES 57
- 3 - War Economy: The Munitions Industry 63
- NOTES 81
- NOTES 107
- Recent Titles in Contributions in American Studies ii
- Title Page iii
- CONTENTS vii
- Illustrations ix
- ABBREVIATIONS xi
- FOREWORD xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 3
- NOTES 7
- 1 - Home Manufactures and American Independence 8
- NOTES 29
- 2 - The Isolated Inventor 37
- NOTES 57
- 3 - War Economy: The Munitions Industry 63
- NOTES 81
- NOTES 107
- 5: GENIUS RECOGNIZED: THE ENGINEERS 112
- 6 - Limits to Innovation: The Pennsylvania Rifle 132
- NOTES 149
- 7 - Industrial Beginnings 155
- NOTES 176
- 8 - The Inventor Celebrated 183
- NOTES 206
- 9 - Inventing a Nation 213
- NOTES 223
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 225
- INDEX 231
- About the Author 240