The American Reaper adopts a network approach to account for the international diffusion of harvesting technology from North America, from the invention of the reaper through to the formation of a dominant transnational corporation, International Harvester. The first study dedicated to the development and diffusion of American harvesting machine technology, this book will appeal to scholars from a diverse range of fields, including economic history, business history, the history of knowledge transfer, historical geography and economic geography.
The American Reaper adopts a network approach to account for the international diffusion of harvesting technology from North America, from the invention of the reaper through to the formation of a dominant transnational corporation, International Harvester. The first study dedicated to the development and diffusion of American harvesting machine technology, this book will appeal to scholars from a diverse range of fields, including economic history, business history, the history of knowledge transfer, historical geography and economic geography.
Gordon Winder is Professor of Economic Geography at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitÿt, Germany.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: The American reaper: harvesting networks and technology, 1830-1910; Part 1 Production Network Geographies: The licensing regime: arrangements for producing harvesting machinery 1830-1890; Dispersed production networks: technical constraints, seasonality and subcontracting 1830-1880; Breaking through to mass production: spatial and corporate concentration 1880-1910. Part 2 Competition and Collaboration: A transnational machine on the world stage: representing McCormick's reaper through World's Fairs, 1851-1902; Building trust and managing business over distance: a geography of reaper manufacturer D.S. Morgan's correspondence, 1867; The harvest scene: the American reaper networks and globalization; Bibliography; Index.
Contents: The American reaper: harvesting networks and technology, 1830-1910; Part 1 Production Network Geographies: The licensing regime: arrangements for producing harvesting machinery 1830-1890; Dispersed production networks: technical constraints, seasonality and subcontracting 1830-1880; Breaking through to mass production: spatial and corporate concentration 1880-1910. Part 2 Competition and Collaboration: A transnational machine on the world stage: representing McCormick's reaper through World's Fairs, 1851-1902; Building trust and managing business over distance: a geography of reaper manufacturer D.S. Morgan's correspondence, 1867; The harvest scene: the American reaper networks and globalization; Bibliography; Index.
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