Title Military enterprise and technological change : perspectives on the American experience / edited by Merritt Roe Smith

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1985] ©1985

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Description 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) Contents Army ordnance and the "American system" of manufacturing, 1815-1861 / Merritt Roe Smith -- The Corps of Engineers and the rise of modern management, 1827-1856 / Charles F. O'Connell, Jr. -- The Navy adopts the radio, 1899-1919 / Susan J. Douglas -- Ford Eagle boats and mass production during World War I / David A. Hounshell -- Adjusting to military life : the social science go to war, 1941-1950 / Peter Buck -- Military needs, commercial realities, and the development of the transistor, 1948-1958 / Thomas J. Misa -- U.S. Navy research and development since World War II / David K. Allison -- Command performance : a perspective on military enterprise and technological change / David F. Noble -- Technology and war : a bibliographic essay / Alex Roland Analysis United States Technological innovation Role of military forces Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Includes index Subject Defense industries -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Defense industries -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Military weapons -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Military weapons -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Technology -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Military Science -- history. Technology -- history. SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004447 United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004448 Author Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940- American Council of Learned Societies. LC no. 85000112 ISBN 026219239X

OTHER TI ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012023082

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