March of the Iron Men: A Social History of Union Through Invention, Volume 10"Events and inventions, a reference list": p. 468-476. Bibliography: p. 445-467. |
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... began . It is needful to know how disparate that federation was ; how little rhythm or order existed in technology . Here we see the beginning of a cadence . Here we see the slow movement of agriculture interrupted by a faster tempo ...
... began . It is needful to know how disparate that federation was ; how little rhythm or order existed in technology . Here we see the beginning of a cadence . Here we see the slow movement of agriculture interrupted by a faster tempo ...
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... began it in Massachusetts . The codfish was changed , magically , after a sea voyage into sugar , the sugar into rum , the rum into black men , the black men into more sugar and the whole process bred more ships and more marine inven ...
... began it in Massachusetts . The codfish was changed , magically , after a sea voyage into sugar , the sugar into rum , the rum into black men , the black men into more sugar and the whole process bred more ships and more marine inven ...
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... began to think of California . Overnight capital had apparently become liquid and these men did not delay their orders to the shipyards . The gold rush had an extraordinary effect on Ameri- can psychology . It enlarged men's conceptions ...
... began to think of California . Overnight capital had apparently become liquid and these men did not delay their orders to the shipyards . The gold rush had an extraordinary effect on Ameri- can psychology . It enlarged men's conceptions ...
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THE PRINTING PRESS AND THE BACK GROUND OF AMERICA 36 | 3 |
MECHANICS OF THE EMIGRATION | 16 |
LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS | 34 |
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