Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945
(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)
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Winner, Engineer-Historian Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Navies have always been technologically sophisticated, from the ancient world's trireme galleys and the Age of Sail's ships-of-the-line to the dreadnoughts of World War I and today's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Yet each large technical innovation has met with resistance and even hostility from those officers who, adhering to a familiar...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801864860
ISBN13:9780801864865
Release Date:December 2000
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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