Civil War ironclads the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization / William H. Roberts.

SeriesJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) ^A632122
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2001001860
ISBN0801868300 (hc : alk. paper)

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