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b'At the start of the 19th Century, the U.S. economy was very similar to the cash-crop export economies of the soon-to-be-independent countries of Latin America. But a half century later, the U.S. was the second largest economy in the world, with industrial productivity on par with \\u2013 or even greater than \\u2013 Great Britain. How did it happen?
This week, we discuss the causes and results of American industrialization, including:
The Erie Canal and other transport infrastructure
Industry in Cincinnati
Samuel Slater\\u2019s and Francis Cabot Lowell\\u2019s textile mills
Eli Terry\\u2019s clockmaking innovations
Richard March Hoe\\u2019s printing presses
The American firearms industry
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