| FB-51838-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Anne Kelly Knowles | Labor and Technological Change in the U.S. Iron Industry, 1800-1868 | 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006 | $40,000.00 | Anne | Kelly | Knowles | | | | President and Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury | VT | 05753-6004 | USA | 2004 | U.S. History | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This is the first comprehensive study of the American iron industry's transition from small-scale production to large-scale, modern manufacturing. Its focus on the role of skilled iron workers and labor-management relations at pioneering firms brings out the cultural dimensions of technological and economic change. A historical GIS of iron works across the country provides context for analyzing eleven detailed case studies that represent the diversity of labor, management, and technology in the period. |