A Nation of Steel
Subtitle: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 8, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801860522
Subjects: Economic History; Iron, steel & metals industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Steel Industry (Economic Aspects); Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; USA; Steel industry and trade; United States - General; Science / History; General; History; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: Early in the morning of 28 April 1869, eight Irish track layers-Michael Shay, Patrick Joyce, Michael Kennedy, Thomas Dailey, George Wyatt, Michael Sullivan, Edward Kieleen, and Fred McNamara-faced a full day's work, and then some.