Formation of advanced technology districts: New England textile machinery and firearms, 1790-1820

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1998, Pages 31-45

  Meyer, David R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Industrial district; New England; Textile machinery

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FIREARMS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRY HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILES INDUSTRY;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 0031665645     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144302     Document Type: Review

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