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    The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
    The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
    The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
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    The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution

    Written by Charles R. Morris

    Narrated by David Colacci

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    In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan walked the earth.But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world's most productive manufacturer and the most intensely commercialized society in history. The War of 1812 jump-started the great New England cotton mills, the iron centers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and the forges around the Great Lakes. In the decade after the War, the Midwest was opened by entrepreneurs. In this book, Morris paints a vivid panorama of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation. He also points out the parallels and differences in the nineteenth century American/British standoff and that between China and America today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 23, 2012
    ISBN9781452679808
    The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
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    Charles R. Morris

    Charles R. Morris is the author of several books including Tycoon, American Catholic and Money, Greed, and Risk. He is a lawyer and former banker, and was president of a financial services software company. A regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, he has also written for The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in New York City.

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