Civil War Ironclads
Subtitle: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780801887512
Subjects: Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; Shipbuilding technology & engineering; Science; History - Military / War; History - U.S.; Science/Mathematics; USA; Military - Naval; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; History / United States / General; History; United States - General
First sentence: FOR THOUSANDS of years, warships were built of wood and powered by human muscles and the wind.