03126cam a2200397 a 4500 BJBSDDR 20231002105801.0 ta 120426s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 9781610393577 (pbk.) 1610393570 (pbk.) 9781610390491 (electronic) 1610390490 (electronic) eng DLC eng HC 105 M875d 2012 338.097309 Morris, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1939-2021 11534 The dawn of innovation : the first American Industrial Revolution / Charles R. Morris ; illustrations by J. E. Morris. New York : PublicAffairs, 2012. xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The shipbuilders' war -- The hyperpower -- The giant as adolescent -- American arms: Whitney, North, Blanchard, and Hall -- The rise of the West -- America is number two -- On the main stage -- The newest hyperpower -- Catching up to the hyperpower: a reprise? -- Appendix: Did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin? From the author comes the story of the rise of American industry between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. It describes industry in America between the War of 1812 and the Civil War and how this period of growth in the first half of the century built the platform for Carnegie, Rockefeller and Morgan in the second half. In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan walked the Earth. But as the author shows, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world's most productive manufacturer, and the most intensely commercialized society in history. The War of 1812 jumpstarted the great New England cotton mills, the iron centers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and the forges around the Great Lakes. In the decade after the War, the Midwest was opened by entrepreneurs. In this book, the author paints a panorama of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation. He also points out the parallels and differences in the nineteenth century American/British standoff and that between China and America today Industrialization United States History 19th century. Industrialización Historia Estados Unidos Siglo XIX 4764 Industrial revolution United States. Revolucion industrial Estados Unidos 3152 United States Economic conditions 19th century. Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas Siglo XIX 1543 United States Social conditions 19th century. Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales Siglo XIX 2124 Morris, J. E. (Jennifer E.) 32358 illustrator lcc BK lmm 36683 36683 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HC 105 M875d 2012 00000120467 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK