Author: SMITH, Merritt Roe.
Title: Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology. The Challenge of Change.
Description: Cornell University Press, 1980 (1977). Wrappers. Spine a touch sunned, o/wise good condition. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. B/W photos & illus. Focuses on the day-to-day operations of the US armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, from 1798 to 1861, showing what the new technology of mechanized production meant in terms of organization, management, and worker morale. 363pp.

Keywords: history america united states policy historical 19th nineteenth century industry industrial politics political weapons mechanization industrialization industrialisation economy economic political science north