![]() In this, part 1 of my review, I’ll recount some of those stories. The first half of the book describes how these systems were created. The central focus of American Genesis is large systems of production-systems based on technology, but also on management, organization, and control. I’m going to review it in multiple parts, although each part should stand alone. Hughes, a finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer. Several fascinating stories from both eras, and about the transition, are told in American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870–1970, by Thomas P. After World War 1, industrial progress was driven more by large corporations and research labs. ![]() This period opened with what has been called the “heroic age” of independent inventors such as Edison, Bell, and the Wrights. ( Robert Gordon’s Rise and Fall of American Growth illustrates and quantifies these advances, showing how progress was faster in this period than in the decades since.) The most productive decades in American history were roughly 1870–1940: the era that saw the birth and growth of the electric light and power industry the invention of the automobile and airplane, and the rise of the oil industry that fueled them dramatic increases in manufacturing efficiency from innovations such as the assembly line and the invention and distribution of telephone and radio-to name just a few of the major developments.
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