Colonial Craftsmen
Subtitle: And the Beginnings of American Industry
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 17, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780801862281
Subjects: Colonization & independence; Other manufacturing technologies; United States - Colonial Period; Industries - General; Industrial History; History - U.S.; United States; Science/Mathematics; USA; HIS; BUS; BUS070000; HIS036020; Technical & Manufacturing Trades; History / United States / General; History; Artisans; Handicraft; Industries; Social life and customs
First sentence: HAND CRAFTS changed little during the whole period here very loosely called "colonial," which, for our purposes, is extended from the first settlements to about 1830 when the industrial revolution was developing the muscles that would change the nation.