The Dawn of Innovation, Charles R. Morris
The Dawn of Innovation, Charles R. Morris
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The Dawn of Innovation
The First American Industrial Revolution

Author: Charles R. Morris

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/23/2012

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis



In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan walked the earth.

But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world's most productive manufacturer and the most intensely commercialized society in history. The War of 1812 jump-started the great New England cotton mills, the iron centers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and the forges around the Great Lakes. In the decade after the War, the Midwest was opened by entrepreneurs. In this book, Morris paints a vivid panorama of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation. He also points out the parallels and differences in the nineteenth century American/British standoff and that between China and America today.


About Charles R. Morris

Charles R. Morris is a lawyer, former banker, and New York Times bestselling author. He has written several books, including American Catholic, The Sages, and The Tycoons. He is also a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic Monthly.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on June 15, 2015

Morris's task in this book is to set out the advances in industry and technology that lead to the United States surpassing Great Britain in economic superiority. On the whole he does a good job, jumping from industry to industry, comparing and contrasting the cultural and ideological differences tha......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 02, 2015

[URL not allowed] Some quick notes and Factoids to remind myself what I learned. (Work in Process) 3 stupendous and strongly reinforcing innovations in Politics, in the economy and in social relations occurred in the US between 1820-30. 1)Universal white male suffrage came into e......more

Goodreads review by Marks54 on February 14, 2013

This book is an effort at a popular focused economic history of the US in the 19th century. Morris has a particular case to make – that the surge in US economic performance from the late 19th century and well into the current one was based on fundamental developments that promoted scale and scope ec......more

Goodreads review by Martin on January 02, 2013

I was surprised how much I loved this book! I was basically looking for something to fill in my gaps in knowledge of 19th Century history, and was expecting this to be informative but dry. Instead, I couldn't put it down. We get histories of the major players in the American industrial revolution, w......more

Goodreads review by David on August 09, 2013

History, Economics, Invention Manual, Confused? Do books need to fit into neat little categories for a store's shelf? Morris doesn't think so. This genre defying volume is filled to the brink with the innovations of 19th century America. Is the focus of the book explaining the innovations themselves,......more