Civil War Ironclads : The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, William H., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Colección:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)
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Temas:
United States. > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Shipbuilding industry > Military aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Industrial mobilization > United States > History > 19th century.
Marine engineering > United States > History > 19th century.
Armored vessels > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Technology.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. "I Have Shouldered This Fleet"
  • Gustavus Fox and "Monitor Mania" 9
  • 2. Forging the Fleet
  • Alban C. Stimers and the Passaic Project 25
  • 35. The Navy Looks West 45
  • 4. Mobilization on the Ohio River 69
  • 5. Miserable Failures
  • Combat Lessons and Political Engineering 84
  • 6. A Million of Dollars
  • The Price of"Continuous Improvement" lo1
  • 7. Progress Retarded
  • The Harbor and River Monitors, 1863-I864 122
  • 8. The Sudden Destruction of Bright Hopes
  • The Downfall of the General Inspector 147
  • 9. Good for Fifty Years
  • WindingDown theMobilization 17o
  • 1o. Additions, Alterations, and Improvements
  • Reversing Technological Momentum 198
  • Appendix
  • Tabular Data for Passaic- and
  • Tippecanoe-Class Monitors 211
  • Abbreviations 213
  • Notes 215
  • Essay on Sources 269
  • Index 277.

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