Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776-1848

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele

How manufacturing textiles and guns transformed the United States from colonial dependent to military power.

In 1783, the Revolutionary War drew to a close, but America was still threatened by enemies at home and abroad. The emerging nation faced tax rebellions, Indian warfare, and hostilities with France and England. Its arsenal--a collection of hand-me-down and beat-up firearms--was woefully inadequate, and its manufacturing sector...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421425254
• ISBN13: 9781421425252
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher