The Craftsman as Industrialist: Jonas Chickering and the Transformation of American Piano Making
研究美国钢琴制造商乔纳斯·奇克林如何将手工作坊转变为大型工业企业，同时坚守工匠对艺术卓越的追求，并赢得员工和公众的尊重，从而促进工业资本主义在美国文化中的合法化。
Master craftsmen played a critical role in launching the Industrial Revolution in America. In this case study of artisan entrepreneurship, Professor Kornblith analyzes the career of Jonas Chickering (1798–1853), the foremost American piano manufacturer before the emergence of the Steinways. By revolutionizing the way in which pianos were made, Chickering—with the help of others—turned a modest craft operation into a major industrial enterprise. Yet, Kornblith contends, he remained true to the craftsman's goal of artistic excellence and won the respect of his employees as well as of the public at large. By the force of his example, Chickering contributed to the acceptance of technological change within the trade and, more broadly, to the legitimation of industrial capitalism within American culture.