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Overview"Covers the emergence of the automobile manufacturing, mining and petroleum, and textile industries and their separate and interconnected roles in the overall Industrial Revolution that transformed the United States and the world. * Sidebars take readers deeper into intriguing topics by spotlighting primary documents such as Walter Reuther's account of the infamous 1937 ""Battle of the Overpass,"" tracts decrying working conditions in New England textile mills, and a firsthand account of Henry Ford's development of the Model T * Historic photographs depict major events and leading entrepreneurs, inventors, and labor leaders including Walter Chrysler, Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan, John D. Rockefeller, and Francis Cabot Lowell" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin Hillstrom , Laurie Collier HillstromPublisher: ABC-CLIO Imprint: ABC-CLIO Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 6.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.814kg ISBN: 9781851097494ISBN 10: 185109749 Pages: 884 Publication Date: 15 September 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock ![]() The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom are professional writers. Their published works include all six volumes in ABC-CLIO's The World's Environments series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |