Statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. Were going to talk about both the firearms industry as well as the typewriter. Now one of the things we should probably first talk about is something called the american system of manufactory that is in the 19th century writers towards the end of the 19th century started using the term to refer to mass production as it developed in the United
Second half of the material. Were going to be discussing mass production and the american system of manufacturers. Now as you well know. There are differences in the way economists and historians discuss issues in particular. I would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. Were going to talk about both
Second half of the material. Were going to be discussing mass production and the american system of manufacturers. Now as you well know. There are differences in the way economists and historians discuss issues in particular. I would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. Were going to talk about both
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Discuss issues in particular. I would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. Were going to talk about both the firearms industry as well as the typewriter. Now one of the things we should probably first talk about is something called the american system of manufactory that is in the 19th century write