Title Civil War ironclads : the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization / William H. Roberts.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	"I Have Shouldered This Fleet" Gustavus Fox and "Monitor Mania" -- Forging the Fleet: Alban C. Stimers and the Passaic Project -- Navy Looks West -- Mobilization on the Ohio River -- Miserable Failures: Combat Lessons and Political Engineering -- A Million of Dollars: The Price of "Continuous Improvement" -- Progress Retarded: The Harbor and River Monitors, 1863-1864 -- Sudden Destruction of Bright Hopes: The Downfall of the General Inspector -- Good for Fifty Years: Winding Down the Mobilization -- Additions, Alterations, and Improvements: Reversing Technological Momentum -- Tabular Data for Passaic- and Tippecanoe-Class Monitors.
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Subject	United States. Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	United States. Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	United States. Navy.
	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
	Armored vessels -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Armored vessels.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology.
	Marine engineering -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Marine engineering.
	Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Industrial mobilization.
	Shipbuilding industry -- Military aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Shipbuilding industry -- Military aspects.
	Shipbuilding industry.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Roberts, William H., 1950- Civil War ironclads. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 0801868300 (DLC) 2001001860 (OCoLC)46642188
ISBN	0801873703 (electronic book)
	9780801873706 (electronic book)
	0801868300 (hc ; alkaline paper)
	9780801868306 (hc ; alkaline paper)

Title Civil War ironclads : the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization / William H. Roberts.

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