The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915
Subtitle: A Study in American Industrial Practice (Studies in Industry and Society)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780801868122
Subjects: Railway technology & engineering; Railway transport industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - General; Industries - General; Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; USA; Corporate & Business History - General; Science / History; History
First sentence: AS THE INDUSTRIAL AGE GATHERED FORCE AND MOMENTUM DURING THE nineteenth century, the steam locomotive came to symbolize the new agencies of technology, commerce, speed, and power that reordered Western society and marked the most fundamental changes ever in humanity's lot on earth.