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Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War

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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, ...

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Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War 2016, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

ISBN-13: 9781935623915

Hardcover