First Edition. xiv, 743 pp; 501 illus. Original black cloth, large 8vo. Spine lettering slightly rubbed, else Very Good+. 'Deals mainly with the United States, England, and France in the nineteenth century and later. A provocative, inquiring work that promotes fresh insights. One of very few sources of information on early industrial assembly lines' (Eugene S. Ferguson, Bibliography of the History of Technology, p. 12).

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Title: Mechanization Takes Command: a Contribution to Anonymous History.
Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 1948.
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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