The First American Industrial Revolution

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 2, 2013

Charles R. Morris tells the history of the Industrial Revolution in America and explains how, after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in the world. In The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution, Morris paints a portrait of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation.

 

 

 

 

 

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