Lectures in History Podcast: Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production
December 14, 2025
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as posted by the channelNorthwestern professor Ken Alder presented an image of an 1851 Colt Navy Revolver and asked why the gun was one of the first mass produced technologies in the United States. Professor Alder chronicled the origins of American mass production through gunmaking.
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