A History of the U.S.A.Macmillan, 1974 - 730 pages |
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Page 418
Christine Bolt. Industrial Developments The effect of all these transport changes on industry , some- times exaggerated , was still very considerable , and was rein- forced during the 1840s by the invention of the telegraph . Three years ...
Christine Bolt. Industrial Developments The effect of all these transport changes on industry , some- times exaggerated , was still very considerable , and was rein- forced during the 1840s by the invention of the telegraph . Three years ...
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... industrial fairs and the commercial con- ventions wedded to economic diversification , which became such a feature of the 1850s , the agrarian ideal continued to dominate the South in 1860. The business class was hampered by the fact ...
... industrial fairs and the commercial con- ventions wedded to economic diversification , which became such a feature of the 1850s , the agrarian ideal continued to dominate the South in 1860. The business class was hampered by the fact ...
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... Industrial Organisations , Congress of , 491 Industrial Workers of the World , see ' Wobblies ' industry ( industrial ) , development and growth , 418-22 , 443-4 ; invention , 455-9 ; progress ( 1860-1900 ) , 445 ; revolution , effects ...
... Industrial Organisations , Congress of , 491 Industrial Workers of the World , see ' Wobblies ' industry ( industrial ) , development and growth , 418-22 , 443-4 ; invention , 455-9 ; progress ( 1860-1900 ) , 445 ; revolution , effects ...
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