Manufacturing History

The classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media. Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news...

Trace the rapid evolution of additive manufacturing from a strange lab curiosity to a global technological revolution. Perfect for an educational morning commute, this inspiring narrative explores the radical shift of building objects layer by layer. Listen as engineers, garage hobbyists, and...

Trace the dramatic history of mass production to see how industrial innovation forged our modern economy. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking journey transports you from quiet pre-industrial workshops to the sweeping, smoke-filled landscapes of the Industrial Revolution...

Uncover the hidden business history of mass production, an economic revolution that radically transformed human labor. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this sweeping industrial saga reveals how breaking work into standardized tasks reshaped global capitalism. It captures the...

We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods—from beds to batteries to printer paper—are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes "standard" is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms—often hotly competing firms—reach such collective agreements?