{"product_id":"from-the-american-system-to-mass-production-18001932-9780801831584","title":"From the American System to Mass Production","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of technology at its very best. It is also a volume which has a great deal to interest the business historian... A superb study replete with new insights and eqully valuable in its parts as in their sum... This is an exciting book which deserves the highest praise. Business History David Hounshell's history of the evolution of American production methods has few rivals: in execution of the theme it has none... Both the armchair historian and the specialist in the history of technology will find this a highly readable and most informative work. Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The American System of Manufacures in the Antebellum Period\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Sewing Machine and the American System of Manufactures\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Mass Production in American Woodworking Industries: A Case Study\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The McCormick Reaper Works and American Manufacturing Technology in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. From the American System toward Mass Production: The Bicycle Industry in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Ford Motor Company and the Rise of Mass Production in America\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Cul-de-sac: The Limits of Fordism and the Coming of \"Flexible Mass Production\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Ethos of Mass Production and Its Critics\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1. The Evolution of the Expression The American System of Manufactures\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2. Singer Sewing Machine Artificial Analysis\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527608869207,"sku":"9780801831584","price":38.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801831584.jpg?v=1731868527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-american-system-to-mass-production-18001932-9780801831584","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}