Author: William Hand BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
Maryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine
Author: George Thomas LittlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
The Book of Dow
Author: Robert Piercy DowCollections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360.
Frost Genealogy in Five Families
Author: Norman Seaver FrostPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
A genealogy and a history of the Frost families whose ancestry came from Mass., Maine, and Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Texas, New Jersey California, Vermont, Michigan, Virginia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere.
The Life and Correspondence of James McHenry
Author: Bernard Christian SteinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Foster Genealogy
Author: Frederick Clifton PiercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1623-1905
Author: Francis Byron GreenePublisher:
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Category : Boothbay (Me. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology
Author: Merritt Roe SmithPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801454395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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 Washington, Idaho, and Montana
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
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Category : Idaho
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description