From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932
Title | From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932 PDF eBook |
Author | David Hounshell |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780801831584 |
David A. Houndshell's widely acclaimed history explores the American "genius for mass production" and races its origins in the nineteenth-century "American system" of manufacture. Previous writers on the American system have argued that the technical problems of mass production had been solved by armsmakers before the Civil War. Drawing upon the extensive business and manufacturing records if leading American firms, Hounshell demonstrates that the diffusion of arms production technology was neither as fast now as smooth as had been assumed. Exploring the manufacture of sewing machines and furniture, bicycles and reapers, he shows that both the expression "mass production" and the technology that lay behind it were developments of the twentieth century, attributable in large part to the Ford Motor Company. Hounshell examines the importance of individuals in the diffusion and development of production technology and the central place of marketing strategy in the success of selected American manufacturers. Whereaas Ford was the seedbed of the assembly line revolution, it was General motors that initiated a new era with its introduction of the annual model change. With the new marketing strategy, the technology of "the changeover" became of paramount importance. Hounshell chronicles how painfully Ford learned this lesson and recounts how the successful mass production of automobiles led to the establishment of an "ethos of mass production," to an era in which propoments of "Fordism" argued that mass production would solve all of America's social problems.
The Machine in America
Title | The Machine in America PDF eBook |
Author | Carroll Pursell |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2007-03-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0801885795 |
From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in America is a history of society as well. This title analyzes technology's impact on the lives of women and men. It also discusses the innovation of an American system of manufactures.
From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932
Title | From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932 PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Hounshell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1984 |
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From the american system to mass production
Title | From the american system to mass production PDF eBook |
Author | David Hounshell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1984 |
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From the American System to Mass Production
Title | From the American System to Mass Production PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Hounshell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 796 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Industries |
ISBN |
A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860
Title | A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 PDF eBook |
Author | John Leander Bishop |
Publisher | |
Pages | 668 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Industries |
ISBN |
History of Manufactures in the United States, V3
Title | History of Manufactures in the United States, V3 PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Selden Clark |
Publisher | |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2013-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258535117 |
In Three Volumes. Volume 1, 1607-1860; Volume 2, 1860-1893; Volume 3, 1893-1928.