Harpers Ferry armory and the new technology : the challenge of change / Merritt Roe Smith.

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 h...

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Online Access:Electronic book from JSTOR
Main Author: Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2015]
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