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Book The Carriage Trade

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas A. Kinney
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2004-10-13
  • ISBN : 9780801879463
  • Pages : 462 pages

Download or read book The Carriage Trade written by Thomas A. Kinney and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-Winner of the 2005 Hagley Business History Book Prize given by the Busines History Conference. In 1926, the Carriage Builders' National Association met for the last time, signaling the automobile's final triumph over the horse-drawn carriage. Only a decade earlier, carriages and wagons were still a common sight on every Main Street in America. In the previous century, carriage-building had been one of the largest and most dynamic industries in the country. In this sweeping study of a forgotten trade, Thomas A. Kinney extends our understanding of nineteenth-century American industrialization far beyond the steel mill and railroad. The legendary Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company in 1880 produced a hundred wagons a day—one every six minutes. Across the country, smaller factories fashioned vast quantities of buggies, farm wagons, and luxury carriages. Today, if we think of carriage and wagon at all, we assume it merely foreshadowed the automobile industry. Yet., the carriage industry epitomized a batch-work approach to production that flourished for decades. Contradicting the model of industrial development in which hand tools, small firms, and individual craftsmanship simply gave way to mechanized factories, the carriage industry successfully employed small-scale business and manufacturing practices throughout its history. The Carriage Trade traces the rise and fall of this heterogeneous industry, from the pre-industrial shop system to the coming of the automobile, using as case studies Studebaker, the New York–based luxury carriage-maker Brewsters, and dozens of smallerfirms from around the country. Kinney also explores the experiences of the carriage and wagon worker over the life of the industry. Deeply researched and strikingly original, this study contributes a vivid chapter to the story of America's industrial revolution.

Book The Keystone

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1905
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1352 pages

Download or read book The Keystone written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gardener s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser

Download or read book Gardener s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cultivator   Country Gentleman

Download or read book The Cultivator Country Gentleman written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Poultry Monthly

Download or read book The Poultry Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1909
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Report written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Still Turning

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  • Author : Christopher C. Gillis
  • Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
  • Release : 2015-09-16
  • ISBN : 1623493358
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Still Turning written by Christopher C. Gillis and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced operations in Chicago in 1888, is the nation’s sole remaining full-time manufacturer of water-pumping machines. The company’s imprint on rural America, particularly across the West, is still visible today in the tens of thousands of its windmills that bring water to the earth’s surface. Still Turning is the first book to explore the rise of the American windmill through the experience of this important company. Aermotor founder La Verne Noyes and engineer Thomas Perry developed and perfected the all-metal wind pump in the 1880s. Within a decade, the “mathematical windmill” began to dominate the market. Aermotor continued to expand and innovate. The ruggedness and simplicity of the American mechanical windmill has allowed it to outlast many newer water-pumping technologies over the years with minimal maintenance and oversight. Christopher C. Gillis traces this story and more, from the early days of the company to Aermotor’s present-day relevance as it continues to produce its iconic windmills. Still Turning is a significant contribution not only to the history of wind power but also to the history of American enterprise.

Book Industrial Management

Download or read book Industrial Management written by John R. Dunlap and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Gardening

Download or read book American Gardening written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Electrician

Download or read book American Electrician written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Orange Judd American Agriculturist

Download or read book Orange Judd American Agriculturist written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book United States Government Publications  a Monthly Catalog

Download or read book United States Government Publications a Monthly Catalog written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Bibliography on Grapes  Wines  Other Alcoholic Beverages  and Temperance

Download or read book A Bibliography on Grapes Wines Other Alcoholic Beverages and Temperance written by M. A. Amerine and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

Book The Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1962 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

Book The Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science  Art  and Finance

Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science Art and Finance written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Forestry

Download or read book American Forestry written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: