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From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932
Industrial History
A technical history tracing how interchangeable parts, the sewing machine, bicycle, and automobile transformed American manufacturing from craft production to the moving assembly line. Wang cites it as essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how manufacturing capability compounds over generations.
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Dan Wang
Wang flags it as excellent technical history of how interchangeable-parts manufacturing compounded into Ford-scale mass production, underpinning his views on manufacturing as accumulated capability.