Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization

(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series and Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)

by William H. Roberts

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Honorable Mention, Science and Technology category, John Lyman Book Awards, North American Society for Oceanic History

Civil War Ironclads supplies the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding. In constructing its new fleet of ironclads, William H. Roberts explains, the U.S. Navy faced the enormous engineering challenges of a largely experimental technology. In addition, it...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801887518

ISBN13:9780801887512

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:300 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization

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