Civil War ironclads : the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization

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Main Author: Roberts, William H., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
Series:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Armored vessels > United States > History > 19th century.
Marine engineering > United States > History > 19th century.
Industrial mobilization > United States > History > 19th century.
Shipbuilding industry > Military aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Technology.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • "I Have Shouldered This Fleet" Gustavus Fox and "Monitor Mania"
  • Forging the Fleet: Alban C. Stimers and the Passaic Project
  • The Navy Looks West
  • Mobilization on the Ohio River
  • Miserable Failures: Combat Lessons and Political Engineering
  • A Million of Dollars: The Price of "Continuous Improvement"
  • Progress Retarded: The Harbor and River Monitors, 1863-1864
  • The Sudden Destruction of Bright Hopes: The Downfall of the General Inspector
  • Good for Fifty Years: Winding Down the Mobilization
  • Additions, Alterations, and Improvements: Reversing Technological Momentum
  • Tabular Data for Passaic- and Tippecanoe-Class Monitors.

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