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The Path to Mechanized Shoe Production in the United States [Buy it!] | Thomson, Ross | USD 100.00 (Thu May 23 17:17:06 2024) | Abebooks | Last Exit Books | ISBN10: 0807818674, ISBN13: 9780807818671, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, E-026] Hardcover Hardcover. 8vo. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 1989. 312 pages. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. In 1800, shoes in the United States were made by craftsmen, each trained to create an entire shoe. A century later, shoes were mass-produced in factories employing dozens of machines and specialized workers. Ross Thomson describes this transition from craft to mechanized production in one of the largest American industries of the nineteenth century. E-26; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches; 312 pages [Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989] |