Talk:American system of manufacturing

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The introductory paragraph and the history through McCormick are all from Hounshell. Ehusman 03:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Was this copied directly? If so, that would be a copyright violation, and the text would need to be rewritten or removed. If not, can you please add appropriate <ref> tags so it is clearer where the facts came from? Thanks Wrs1864 04:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

No, it was not copied directly. It it were, I would have used quotation marks and noted the page numbers. Hounshell's book is a few hundred pages long, and I summarized it in a few paragraphs. The book is listed in the References section. It therefore seemed silly to go through and tag everything with a long list of ibids; I have now made Harvard-style references wherever appropriate in the article. Ehusman 16:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC)