A History of Manufacturing in 5 Objects

BackStory

Education, History

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have talked about loss of manufacturing jobs, and the importance of having things “Made In America.” In this episode of BackStory, we take a look at the history of American manufacturing by exploring several objects that transformed American life. From 18th century colonists struggling to produce that most coveted of tems -- porcelain -- to the invention of nylon stockings and the TV picture tube in the 20th century, Peter, Ed, and Brian explore the surprising history behind five inventions and innovations.

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0:00.0	This is backstory, I'm Peter Onough.
0:04.0	What do a porcelain teacup, a birth certificate, and a pair of nylon stockings have in common?
0:10.6	If the Americans could produce their own porcelain, the world was their oyster.
0:15.5	What changed was that the kind of work children could do became industrial.
0:20.4	Right, silky nylon yarn.
0:22.9	Better things for better living.
0:25.2	They all tell a story of American manufacturing.
0:29.2	All over it's the same.
0:31.2	Manufacturing way down.
0:33.2	We are builders and we need to get back to building.
0:37.8	This year, both presidential candidates have been lamenting the decline of American manufacturing
0:43.8	and promising a brighter future.
0:47.0	Today, the story of those American industries in five unexpected objects, a history of
0:53.0	manufacturing coming up on backstory.
1:00.2	Major funding for backstory is provided by the ShiaCon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
1:06.2	the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.
1:12.2	From the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, this is backstory with the American History Guys.
1:23.2	Welcome to the show.
1:25.2	I'm Peter Onuf, here with Ed Ayers, Peter and Brian Ballot.
1:30.2	Hey there, Peter.
1:31.2	Today, we're doing something a little different on backstory.
1:34.2	As always, we'll be exploring the history of one topic in this case manufacturing,
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