Describes the assembly line and discusses how its impact is still being felt today.
Though the automated assembly line seems the most logical and natural of ideas, its development took place over a long period of time. It would take Henry Ford and his dream of building an affordable Model T automobile to put all the pieces together. In doing so, Ford changed the world forever. The invention impacted prices, wages and demand; labor unions; and even popular culture. In The Invention of the Moving Assembly Line, learn how one simple invention helped to transform America and how its impact is still being felt today.
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1 Age of Mass Consumption |
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5 The Early Days of the Automobile Industry |
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7 The Birth of the Automated Assembly Line |
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8 Unexpected Consequences |
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| Chronology |
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| Timeline |
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| Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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| Further Reading |
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| Photo Credits |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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Dennis Abrams is the author of several books, including biographies of Barbara Park, Anthony Horowitz, Hamid Karzai, and Ty Cobb for Chelsea House. He attended Antioch College, where he majored in English and communications, and currently lives in Houston, Texas
