Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology: The Challenge of Change
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801491819 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Superb history on a challenging subject Smith's research and analysis on a topic with few records and nearly 200 years in the past in a remote rural community is an extraordinary achievement for any historian. Smith takes a deep look at one of George Washington's poorer ideas, establishing the second national firearms manufacturing operation in a remote small town in Virginia, next to a swamp so malaria is an ongoin. James Hoogerwerf said More than a chronicle.. Merritt Roe Smith's 198More than a chronicle. James Hoogerwerf Merritt Roe Smith's 1984 book, Harper Ferry Armory and the New Technology; the Challenge of Change, on its face chronicles the rise, existence, and demise of the national armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. However there is much more to it than that. A common understanding of American industrialization derives from the scarcity of labor. As a result, so the reasoning go. book, Harper Ferry Armory and the New Technology; the Challenge of Change, on its face chronicles the rise, existence, and demise of the national armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. However there is much more to it than that. A common understanding of American industrialization derives from the scarcity of labor. As a result, so the reasoning go. Nominated for a Pulitzer for this book in 1977. The book was awarded the 1977 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, the 1978 Pfizer Award, and nominated for the 1977 Pulitzer Prize in History. The 1980 date mentioned elsewhere was the date of reprint. Merrit Roe Smith was my favorite professor. He is an excellent researcher and writer as is apparent from this book; he also was an excellent teacher. The only one of my college pape
Hall, and Edward Lucas Jr. are portrayed with critical finesse. If you are going to purchase one book this year, make it this one; you will not be disappointed in your investment."Technology and Culture. Important leaders like James Stubblefield, Colonel Roswell Lee, John H. The harvest is bountiful. This study is an important contribution to both urban and technological history."American Historical Review "This is a superb book, based on exhaustive archival research, imaginatively structured, clearly and forcefully written. In choosing a national armory and the machine tool industry as his examples,
Merritt Roe Smith is Leverett Howell and William King Cutten Professor of the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Focusing on the day-to-day operations of the U.S. "In the end," Smith concludes, "the stamina of local culture is paramount in explaining why the Harpers Ferry armory never really flourished as a center of technological innovation."Pointing up the complexities of industrial change, this account of the Harpers Ferry experience challenges the commonly held view that Americans have always been eagerly receptive to new technological advances.. The flow of technical information between the two armories, he shows, moved in one direction only north to south. armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, from 1798 to 1861, this book shows what the "new technology" of mechanized production meant in terms of organization, management, and worker morale. He also demonstrates how craft traditions and variant attitudes toward work vis-à-vis New England created an atmosphere in which the machine was held suspect and