Forging America : Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the Industrious Revolution / John Bezis-Selfa.

Forging America : Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the Industrious Revolution /

Stacks of stone preside over many bucolic and wooded landscapes in the mid-Atlantic states. Initially constructed more than two hundred years ago, they housed blast furnaces that converted rock and wood into the iron that enabled the United States to secure its national independence. By the eve of t...

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Main Author: Bezis-Selfa, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Iron industry and trade > United States > History > 18th century.
Work ethic > United States > History.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
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