Manufacturing Advantage
War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848
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Lindsay Schakenbach Regela's Manufacturing Advantage examines the federal government's role in fostering American industry between the Revolution and 1848.
The book argues that national security concerns drove government investments and policies that helped build firearms and textile manufacturing.
Regela traces how federal armories, contracts, tariffs, and diplomatic actions created institutional advantages for nascent U.S.
industries.
She situates industrial growth within broader political, social, and economic developments, showing how state support shaped technological innovation and labor patterns.
The work connects these early interventions to later American industrial and global economic influence.
The book argues that national security concerns drove government investments and policies that helped build firearms and textile manufacturing.
Regela traces how federal armories, contracts, tariffs, and diplomatic actions created institutional advantages for nascent U.S.
industries.
She situates industrial growth within broader political, social, and economic developments, showing how state support shaped technological innovation and labor patterns.
The work connects these early interventions to later American industrial and global economic influence.
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