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Title:

Astride two worlds : technology and the American Civil War / edited by Barton C. Hacker.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

vi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States--Technology.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Technology.
Technology--United States--History--19th century.
1800-1899

Other Authors:

Hacker, Barton C., 1935- author. author.

Notes:

"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

How technology shaped the conduct of war / Barton C. Hacker -- Part I. Technological realities -- Yankee armorers and the Union war machine / Merritt Roe Smith -- Heavy artillery transformed / Steven A. Walton -- Information flows and field armies / Seymour E. Goodman -- Veterinary care in the Union Cavalry / David J. Gerleman -- Part II. Technological dreams -- Confederate spar-torpedo boats / Jorit Wintjes -- Armor, manhood, and the politics of mortality / Sarah Jones Weicksel -- "Quaker gun" versus observation balloon / John A. Macaulay -- Dreams of aerial navigation / Tom D. Crouch.

ISBN:

1935623915 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781935623915 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919481711

LCCN:

2015048163

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)