Bibliotheca Americana

Bibliotheca Americana
Title Bibliotheca Americana PDF eBook
Author Joseph Sabin
Publisher
Pages 1218
Release 1961
Genre America
ISBN

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Bibliotheca Americana

Bibliotheca Americana
Title Bibliotheca Americana PDF eBook
Author Maggs Bros
Publisher
Pages 1162
Release 1962
Genre America
ISBN

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Biblioteca Americana

Biblioteca Americana
Title Biblioteca Americana PDF eBook
Author Joseph Sabin
Publisher
Pages 588
Release 1868
Genre America
ISBN

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Prominent Families of New York

Prominent Families of New York
Title Prominent Families of New York PDF eBook
Author Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher
Pages 64
Release 1898
Genre New York (N.Y.)
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Front Page

Front Page
Title Front Page PDF eBook
Author Digby Diehl
Publisher ABRAMS
Pages 298
Release 1981
Genre History
ISBN

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Reproduction of selected front pages of the Los Angeles times, 1881-1981.

Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology

Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology
Title Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology PDF eBook
Author Merritt Roe Smith
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 372
Release 2015-03-19
Genre History
ISBN 0801454395

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Focusing on the day-to-day operations of the U.S. 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. A local study of much more than local significance, it highlights the major problems of technical innovation and social adaptation in antebellum America. Merritt Roe Smith describes how positions of authority at the armory were tied to a larger network of political and economic influence in the community; how these relationships, in turn, affected managerial behavior; and how local social conditions reinforced the reactions of decision makers. 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 inventive activity was hampered.Of central importance is the author's analysis of the drastic differences between Harpers Ferry and its counterpart, the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, which played a pivotal role in the emergence of the new technology. The flow of technical information between the two armories, he shows, moved in one direction only— north to south. "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.

History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760

History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760
Title History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 PDF eBook
Author Ellen Douglas Larned
Publisher
Pages 618
Release 1874
Genre Windham County (Conn.)
ISBN

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