Meyer, David R. <br/><br/>
The roots of American industrialization / 
David R. Meyer. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2003. 
 - xi, 333 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Creating the North American landscape .
<br/><br/> "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-328) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The puzzle of the antebellum east -- Part 1: The early republic, 1790-1820 -- 2. Prosperous farmers energize the economy -- 3. Bursting through the bounds of local markets -- 4. The foundation of the eastern textile cores -- Part 2: The late antebellum, 1820-1860 -- 5. Tightening ties that bound the east -- 6. Agriculture augments regional industrial systems -- 7. Metropolises lead the regional industrial expansion -- 8. Building competitive national market industries -- 9. The east anchors the manufacturing belt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801871417 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002005436 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Industrialization--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 105  / .M576 2003