industrial revolution
international trade
domestic market
growth of cities
barter
cash
putting-out system
wage laborers
Francis Lowell
industrial espionage
seaport cities
concentration of wealth
female housework
immigrants
young women
Lowell/Waltham system
the ideal American society
rural farmers
Erie Canal
power-driven spinning mill
Samuel Slater
steamboat
Robert Fulton
market revolution
railroads
canals
record-keeping
cost of transporting goods
transportation revolution
time and the expense