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Civil War ironclads : the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization / William H. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, William H., 1950-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armored vessels--United States--History--19th century.
- Armored vessels.
- Marine engineering--United States--History--19th century.
- Marine engineering.
- Industrial mobilization--United States--History--19th century.
- Industrial mobilization.
- Shipbuilding industry--Military aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Shipbuilding industry.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Technology.
- United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Civil War Ironclads, the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding, William H. Roberts explores the enormous task of constructing the U.S. Navy's new fleet of ironclads. This process involved establishing a "project office" that was virtually independent of the existing administrative system, broadening the naval industrial base, granting shipbuilding contracts to inland firms -- all under the intense pressure of a wartime economy.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7370-3
- OCLC:
- 923191754
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