Select an Action
Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945
Title:
Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945
Author:
McBride, William M.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.
Physical Description:
xiii, 336 p. : ill.
Series:
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Contents:
The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation -- Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm -- Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship -- Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations -- Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo -- Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation -- Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years -- War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare -- Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.
Genre:
Added Corporate Author:
Electronic Access:
Click to ViewAvailable:*
Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA55 .M33 2000 | 1077035-1001 | Ebook Central | Searching... |
On Order
Select a list
Make this your default list.
The following items were successfully added.
There was an error while adding the following items. Please try again.
:
Select An Item
Data usage warning: You will receive one text message for each title you selected.
Standard text messaging rates apply.