Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology: The Challenge of Change by Merritt Roe Smith (review)

Introduction 1. Regional Interests and Military Needs: Founding the "Mother Arsenal," 1794-1801 2. The Craft Origins of Production, 1798-1816 3. Production, Labor, and Management, 1801-1816 4. Early Manufacturing Techniques, 1816 5. Cooperation between the Armories, 1815-1829 6. James Stubblefield: Virginia Entrepreneur, 1815-1829 7. John H. Hall: Yankee in the Garden, 1819-1841 8. Hall and the American System, 1824-1840 9. Politics and Technology, 1829-1859 10. The Community in Crisis, 1859-1861 11. Cultural Conditions and Technological Change: In Retrospect Bibliography Index