Astride Two Worlds

Technology and the American Civil War

Barton C. Hacker

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Smithsonian Books
15 May 2016

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; History of engineering & technology

Explores the United States' transition into an industrial nation during the time of the Civil War, and how this transition affected life on the battleground and the home front.

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 Worldsaddresses the various causes and consequences of technological change for the course and outcome of the American Civil War.

Edited by: Barton C. Hacker
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 617g
ISBN: 9781935623915
ISBN 10: 1935623915
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barton C. Hacker, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1968), is senior curator of armed forces history in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. He is also the founding editor of Vulcan- The International Journal of the Social History of Military Technology. He has lectured widely and published on the histories and historiographies of military technology, non-Western military institutions, women and armies, nuclear weapons testing, and manned spaceflight. In 2003 he received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the Society for the History of Technology.

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Astride Two Worlds

Technology and the American Civil War

Barton C. Hacker

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