Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Awards
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John K. BrownPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Edition: New edition Volume: 8 Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780801868122ISBN 10: 0801868122 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 27 October 2001 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews<p>This engaging portrait of the world's preeminent builder of locomotives adds considerably to our knowledge of the variety of industrial enterprise in America. Brown's research is exhaustive and his arguments are clear and well constructed. Likewise, the press and editors are to be commended for the lavish illustrations that nicely complement the text.--Ken Fones-Wolf Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography <p> This engaging portrait of the world's preeminent builder of locomotives adds considerably to our knowledge of the variety of industrial enterprise in America. Brown's research is exhaustive and his arguments are clear and well constructed. Likewise, the press and editors are to be commended for the lavish illustrations that nicely complement the text. -- Ken Fones-Wolf, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography A remarkable history of the Philadelphia firm that built 'roughly one-third of all the steam locomotives ever constructed in America.'. * Journal of American History * An exemplary volume that should join the essential works detailing the anatomy of late-nineteenth-century production. -- Steven W. Usselman * Journal of Economic History * Has a place in the library of any thoughtful railfan... Brown delivers an insightful account of the machinery, tools, and operations of making locomotives... The parts-drawings in the book... are marvelous. * Railroad History Bulletin * This engaging portrait of the world's preeminent builder of locomotives adds considerably to our knowledge of the variety of industrial enterprise in America. Brown's research is exhaustive and his arguments are clear and well constructed. Likewise, the press and editors are to be commended for the lavish illustrations that nicely complement the text. -- Ken Fones-Wolf * Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography * Has a place in the library of any thoughtful railfan... Brown delivers an insightful account of the machinery, tools, and operations of making locomotives... The parts-drawings in the book... are marvelous. Railroad History Bulletin A remarkable history of the Philadelphia firm that built 'roughly one-third of all the steam locomotives ever constructed in America.'. Journal of American History This engaging portrait of the world's preeminent builder of locomotives adds considerably to our knowledge of the variety of industrial enterprise in America. Brown's research is exhaustive and his arguments are clear and well constructed. Likewise, the press and editors are to be commended for the lavish illustrations that nicely complement the text. -- Ken Fones-Wolf Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography An exemplary volume that should join the essential works detailing the anatomy of late-nineteenth-century production. -- Steven W. Usselman Journal of Economic History Author InformationJohn K. Brown teaches the history of engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
