Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Abstract

Lawrence A. Peskin's Manufacturing Revolution makes two important contributions to our understanding of early American industrialization. First, Peskin demonstrates that mercantilist ideas about economics persisted and continued to influence public policy well into the nineteenth century. Second, he makes the bold claim that the rhetoric of manufacturing preceded and paved the way for the subsequent Industrial Revolution. In essence, Americans underwent a manufacturing revolution in their minds well before things changed on the ground.

Publication Title

Journal of the Early Republic

Volume

25

Issue

3

First Page

488

Last Page

490

Required Publisher's Statement

© 2005, University of Pennsylvania Press. Neem, Johann, "Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American History (review)." Journal of the Early Republic, 25.3 (2005): 488-490.

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of scholarly citation, none of this work may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. For information address the University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Manufacturing industries--United States--History; Industrialization--United States--History; Industrial relations--United States--History; Entrepreneurship--United States--History

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Peskin, Lawrence A., 1966-. Manufacturing revolution

Geographic Coverage

United States--History

Genre/Form

reviews (documents)

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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