American Iron, 1607-1900

by Robert B. Gordon

Book Overview

Winner of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for General Engineering from the Association of American Publishers

Originally published in 1996. By applying their abundant natural resources to ironmaking early in the eighteenth century, Americans soon made themselves felt in world markets. After the Revolution, ironmakers supplied the materials necessary to the building of American industry, pushing the fuel efficiency and productivity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421435004
• ISBN13: 9781421435008
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"