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Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry, 1800-1868 Anne Kelly Knowles
Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry, 1800-1868
Anne Kelly Knowles
Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world's dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron. The author argues that the prolonged development of the American iron industry was largely due to geographical problems the British did not face.
336 pages, 66 colour plates, 10 halftones, 2 line drawings, 8 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 15, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226448596 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 186 × 263 × 29 mm · 1.26 kg |