NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nathan Rosenberg, Interchangeable Parts, Typewriter
12 Dec 2019
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*example about the topic, not what"s provided in the book } book report. In the usa, there is a distinctive way of manufacturing that started after the first industrial revolution. Labelled the american system it is characterized by: the use of specialized machinery (single or special purpose machine tools, standardization, interchangeable parts. Techniques we still do, goods purchased go into interchangeable parts. Reading: nathan rosenberg e. g- usa advantage than europe, usa new country and land available, wasnt true in europe, immigrants use land and ownership of land, having land have lots of crops, price of goods would be cheaper. Cheaper food products will have a lot of money left over. Americans were enthusiastic, couple with tended to be less snobish than european. Europeans looked does on products, seen as lower class than american. Usa also has abundance of resources, wasted abundance. social , economic and political factors that makes usa unique.
