The Philosophy of Manufactures

This work collects in a single volume often in their original form the primary texts in the American debate over industrialization between the Revolution the Civil War. These documents reflect the intellectual ideological forces behind the promotion of manufactures, as well as the skepticism resistance which the industrial capitalist aroused in the democratic agrarian new nation. collection demonstrates that there was a heated debate over the industrialization of the United States, the issues reveal much about the shaping of our fundamental institutions.The editors' introduction lays out the major issues, establishes the historical context of the debate, offers arguments about its significance. body of the text consists of documents which have hitherto been readily available only to specialists, each with a headnote giving bibliographical sources.Michael Brewster Folsom is executive director of the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, Massachusetts; Steven D. Lubar is the museum's curator.Dr. Folsom is also general editor of the series Documents in American Industrial History. The Philosophy of Manufactures and The New England Mill Village, 1790-1860 are the first two volumes in the series, which is copublished with the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum

Economic history · Economics · Industrialisation · Political science · American History and Culture · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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