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HY/AS3230 American Business:
From Industrial Revolution to the Web 
Semester 1 2002-2002
A/P. Ian Gordon
AS1/05-19
Ph. 874 4694

Lecture 1
Introduction to Course
Inventing American Business:
The Civil War, The Armory System, and
The Standardization of Production

Reading:
David A. Hounshell. From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Introduction. NUS Library Holdings

Additional:
Deubel, Robert. The Entrepreneurs, an American Adventure. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1987. Videorecording. NUS Library Holdings
David A. Hounshell. From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Chapter One. NUS Library Holdings

Links will be added to the following after lectures:
Lecture Outline
Power Point Outline
Study Guide

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