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Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870 (Princeton Legacy Library, 5483) Paperback – March 12, 2019

by Charles K. Hyde (Author)
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This book describes technological change in an industry that played a central role in the Indsutrial Revolution. While earlier scholars have examined isolated aspects of ironmaking in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, Charles Hyde surveys all aspects of its development. Costs, prices, profits, shrewd leaders, competition, new inventions, and productivity all figure in this story of a key industry during the major period of its evolution.
The author's account illuminates not only the nature of innovation in one industry, but the nature of technologial change in general. using new data compiled form the records of the ironmaking concerns, Professor Hyde considers each of the basic economic variables affecting entrepreneurial decisions. He finds that ironmaking advanced through a process of gradual, continuous change rather than through a series of discrete innovations. The rate of diffusion of new techniques corresponded to their profitability when compared to that of existing means of production--a finding that explains that timing of innovation.
Charles K. Hyde is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Monteith College, Wayne State University.

Originally published in 1977.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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    March 12, 2019
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    6.14 x 0.63 x 9.21 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0691602743
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0691602745
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press (March 12, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691602743
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691602745
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.63 x 9.21 inches

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Charles K. Hyde

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Although I was born and grew up in Pittsfield, MA, I have spent most of my adult life in the Great Lakes region. I earned my Ph.D. in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and after a brief time elsewhere, I have taught at Wayne State University in Detroit since 1974. Among other areas, I have published in the fields of Industrial Archeology, Michigan History, Business History, and Automotive History. My study of several abandoned Dteroit automobile factories stimulated my interest in automotive history. My most recent books have been a business history of the Chrysler Corporation, a biography and company history of the Dodge Brothers, and more recently, a combination history of Nash Motors, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Corporation. Although I retired from teaching in 2010, I have remained an acive scholar and writer. I have also remained heavily-involved in the efforts to preserve the Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue Plant (1904) in Detroit, the birthplace of the Model T Ford and a National Historic Landmark. My newest writing project is a history of the American automobile industry's work during the Second World War.

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