Technological Innovation and Economic Change in the Iron Industry, 1850-1920

ISBN-13: 9781138559684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 462 str.

Robert A. Battis

Opis

Originally published in 1989 this study examines the development of the iron industry in the USA between 1839 and 1921 through the study of one of the leading merchant furnace companies. It provides a clear understanding of the destructive forces of industrial innovation and the place of creative entrepreneurship in the survival of the firm.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Origins of the Anthracite Pig Iron Industry 3. Early Manufacture of Iron in the Lehigh Valley, 1800-1840 4. Anthracite Iron Production in the Lehigh Valley, 1840-1854 5. Initiation and Organization of the Thomas Iron Company 6. The Age of Anthracite Pig iron, 1855-1875 7. The Thomas Iron Company, 1856-1875 8. Iron to Steel, 1875 - 1919 9. The Growth of Competition, 1876-1893 10. Old Paths 11. The Last Years

O autorze

Robert A. Battis