Technological Innovation and Economic Change in the Iron Industry, 1850-1920

By Robert A Battis

Originally published in 1989 this study examines the development of the iron industry in the USA between 1839 and 1921 through the study of one of the leading merchant furnace companies. It provides a clear understanding of the destructive forces of industrial innovation and the place of creative entrepreneurship in the survival of the firm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138559687
• ISBN13: 9781138559684
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"