Harpers Ferry armory and the new technology : the challenge of change /

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Focusing on the day-to-day operations of the U.S. armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, from 1798 to 1861, this book shows what the "new technology" of mechanized production meant in terms of organization, management, and worker morale. A local study of much more than local significance, it h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.) > History.
Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.)
Armories > West Virginia > Harpers Ferry > History.
Firearms industry and trade > West Virginia > Harpers Ferry > History.
Armes à feu > Industrie > Virginie-Occidentale > Harpers Ferry > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Armories.
Firearms industry and trade.
West Virginia > Harpers Ferry.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Regional interests and military needs : founding the "mother arsenal," 1794-1801
  • The craft origins of production, 1798-1816
  • Production, labor, and management, 1801-1816
  • Early manufacturing techniques, 1816
  • Cooperation between the armories, 1815-1829
  • James Stubblefield : Virginia entrepreneur, 1815-1829
  • John H. Hall : Yankee in the garden, 1819-1841
  • Hall and the American system, 1824-1840
  • Politics and technology, 1829-1859
  • The community in crisis, 1859-1861
  • Cultural conditions and technological change : in retrospect.

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