Growth and Decline of American Industry: Case Studies in the Industrial History of the USA

ISBN-13: 9780367024093 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 136 str.

John F. Wilson; Steven Toms; Nicholas Wong

Opis

The book features contributions on the history of government-business relations, regional and local business relationships, the development and formation of Silicon Valley, and the rise and fall of the US machine tool industry after the Second World.

Spis treści

Introduction (John F. Wilson, Nicholas D. Wong and Steven Toms)  1. Trying to keep the customers stratified: Government, Business and the Paths of Innovation in American Railroading and Computing (Steve Usselman)  2. Webs of Productive Associations in American Industrialization: patterns of institution formation and their limits, Philadelphia, 1880-1930’ (Philip Scranton)  3. Electronic Component Manufacturing and the Rise of Silicon Valley (Christophe Lécuyer)  4. Too Many Bends in the River: the Decline of Connecticut Valley machine tool industry, 1950-2002 (Robert Forrant)