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Military enterprise and technological change: perspectives on the American experience

Merritt Roe Smith
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
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  • Preface (page viii)
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  • Introduction (Merritt Roe Smith, page 1)
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  • 1. Army Ordnance and the "American System" of Manufacturing, 1815-1861 (Merritt Roe Smith, page 39)
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  • 2. The Corps of Engineers and the Rise of Modern Management, 1827-1856 (Charles F. O'Connell, Jr., page 87)
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  • 3. The Navy Adopts the Radio (Susan J. Douglas, page 117)
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  • 4. Ford Eagle Boats and Mass Production during World War I (David A. Hounshell, page 175)
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  • 5. Adjusting to Military Life: The Social Sciences Go to War, 1941-1950 (Peter Buck, page 203)
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  • 6. Military Needs, Commercial Realities, and the Development of the Transistor, 1948-1958 (Thomas J. Misa, page 253)
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  • 7. U.S. Navy research and Development since World War II (David K. Allison, page 289)
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  • 8. Command Performance: A Perspective on Military Enterprise and Technological Change (David F. Noble, page 329)
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  • 9. Technology and War: A Bibliographic Essay (Alex Roland, page 347)
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  • Contributors (page 381)
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  • Index (page 383)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
MA 51.3 (Jul. 1987): 161 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-3931%28198707%2951%3A3%3C161%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
CS 16.1 (Jan. 1987): 136-137 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198701%2916%3A1%3C136%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
JAH 73.1 (Jun. 1986): 167 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28198606%2973%3A1%3C167%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
JEH 46.2 (Jun. 1986): 556-557 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198606%2946%3A2%3C556%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
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Published: c1985
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780262691185 (paper)
  • 9780262192392 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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