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Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790–1865. By Ross Thompson. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv, 432. $68.00.

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Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790–1865. By Ross Thompson. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv, 432. $68.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2010

Alan L. Olmstead
Alan L. Olmstead*
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University of California, Davis
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 778 - 780
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