3. Elisha K. Root and Axe Manufacturing at the Collins Company, 1830–1849

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Meanwhile, Over in the Private Sector... 19
6. 2. Wooden Movement Clock Manufacturing in Connecticut, 1807–1850 43
7. 3. Elisha K. Root and Axe Manufacturing at the Collins Company, 1830–1849 101
8. 4. Typewriter Manufacturing, 1853–1924 131
9. 5. The Development of Watch Manufacturing at the Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1849–1910 179
10. 6. The American System in Perspective: The Public and the Private Sectors 257
11. Notes 267
12. Bibliography 319
13. Index 337