Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production
Dec 14, 2025•1 hr 16 min
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Episode description
Northwestern 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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