The development
of the American system of manufacturers:
A Business Revolution, 1780-1840
Readings:
--Chandler, The Visible HandChapters 1,2
--Meritt Roe Smith, "Eli Whitney and the American System
of Manufactures," in C. W. Pursell, Jr. (ed.), Technology
in America (Cambridge, Mass., 1990) pp. 45-61
--Thomas C. Cochran, "The Business Revolution," American
Historical Review, LXXIX (1974) pp. 1449-1466
