Cover; Contents; 1: Age of Mass Consumption; 2: Interchangeability; 3: The Sewing Machine; 4: The Bicycle; 5: The Early Days of the Automobile Industry; 6: Henry Ford; 7: The Birth of the Automated Assembly Line; 8: Unexpected Consequences; 9: Robots on the Line; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Further Reading; Photo Credits; Index; About the Author
Summary
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
