Author: Kenneth D. Durr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882406626
Category : Agricultural machinery industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The passion for invention is a deeply ingrained part of American culture. In the decades after our independence, the new nation burst with names every schoolchild should learn: Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Samuel Morse-and above all, Cyrus McCormick. Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the first mechanical reaper, liberated the American farmer, and changed the course of history. Until 1831, when he marketed the first truly practical machine, grain was still harvested as it had been in the time of the Pharaohs. McCormick also pioneered modern sales and marketing techniques, and as the twentieth century dawned, his McCormick Harvesting Machine Company became International Harvester, an industrial powerhouse ranked with U.S. Steel and Standard Oil. Celebrating this year its 175th anniversary, McCormick's company, now Navistar International, has been a vital force in the American landscape, its tractors and trucks crucial to its industrial development. Milestones is the first fully illustrated history of the rich heritage of Navistar International, from its founding by Cyrus McCormick to its vitality today. This lavishly illustrated, oversized volume is packed with original photography, nostalgic advertising, fascinating detail and history, and American pride.
Author: Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476677093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Ancient farmers used draft animals for plowing but the heavy work of harvesting fell to the humans, using sickle and scythe. Change came in the mid-19th century when Cyrus Hall McCormick built the mechanical harvester. Though the McCormicks used their wealth to establish art collections and universities, battle disease, and develop birth control, members of the family faced constant scrutiny and scandal. This book recounts their story as well as the history of the International Harvester Company (IHC)--a merger of the McCormick and Deering companies and the world's leader in agricultural machinery in the 1900s.
Author: Patrick R. Foster
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076034860X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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"Pat Foster's International Harvester Trucks is a complete illustrated history of one of the most recognizable commercial truck brands in the US"--
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural machinery industry
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Author: International Harvester Company of America
Publisher:
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Category : Harvesting machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Eric Flamholtz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117646
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Two leading management consultants show how to transform an organization so that it will stay in the game and not perish, giving specific examples of successful firms (Microsoft and WalMart) and those that burned out after promising starts (People Express and LA Gear). Illustrations.
Author: Charles H. Wendel
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Author: Barbara Marsh
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Category : Agricultural industries
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Author: Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476636060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Book Description
Ancient farmers used draft animals for plowing but the heavy work of harvesting fell to the humans, using sickle and scythe. Change came in the mid-19th century when Cyrus Hall McCormick built the mechanical harvester. Though the McCormicks used their wealth to establish art collections and universities, battle disease, and develop birth control, members of the family faced constant scrutiny and scandal. This book recounts their story as well as the history of the International Harvester Company (IHC)--a merger of the McCormick and Deering companies and the world's leader in agricultural machinery in the 1900s.
