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Astride Two Worlds:Technology and the american Civil War
[Hardback - 2016]
barton c. hacker
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Category: History
Additional Category: Military History - Engineering & Technology
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press | ISBN: 9781935623915 | Pages: 288
Shipping Weight: .617 | Dimensions: 6.4 x .9 x 9.3 inches

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By the middle of the nineteenth century, industrialization and military-technological innovation were beginning to alter drastically the character and conditions of warfare as it had been conducted for centuries. Occurring in the midst of these far-reaching changes, the American Civil War can justly be labeled both the last great preindustrial war and the first major war of the industrial age. Industrial capacity attained new levels of military significance as transportation improved, but in this, as in many other respects, the Civil War was distinctly transitional. Smoothbore artillery still dominated the battlefield, horse-drawn wagons and pack mules still carried the main logistic burden, seamstresses still outnumbered sewing-machine operators. Astride Two Worlds addresses the various causes and consequences of technological change for the course and outcome of the American Civil War.

About the Author

Margaret Vining, who co-edited and contributed to this book, died before it appeared in print, but her inspiration and hard work made it possible. She served as the Curator of Armed Forces History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. Her publications include Companion to Women’s Military History (Brill, 2012), American Military Technology (Johns Hopkins, 2007), and Science in Uniform, Uniforms in Science (Scarecrow, 2007).

Barton C. Hacker is the Senior Curator of Armed Forces History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. He has edited and authored numerous books including Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War[MG1]  (Smithsonian Scholarly Press, 2016), Companion to Women’s Military History (Brill, 2012), American Military Technology (Johns Hopkins, 2007),  Science in Uniform, Uniforms in Science (Scarecrow, 2007), and Materializing the Military (Science Museum, 2005).

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