The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry
Author : Joseph Barry
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Civil war
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Barry
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Civil war
ISBN :
Author : Merritt Roe Smith
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0801454395
Focusing on the day-to-day operations of the U.S. armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, from 1798 to 1861, this book shows what the "new technology" of mechanized production meant in terms of organization, management, and worker morale. A local study of much more than local significance, it highlights the major problems of technical innovation and social adaptation in antebellum America. Merritt Roe Smith describes how positions of authority at the armory were tied to a larger network of political and economic influence in the community; how these relationships, in turn, affected managerial behavior; and how local social conditions reinforced the reactions of decision makers. He also demonstrates how craft traditions and variant attitudes toward work vis-à-vis New England created an atmosphere in which the machine was held suspect and inventive activity was hampered.Of central importance is the author's analysis of the drastic differences between Harpers Ferry and its counterpart, the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, which played a pivotal role in the emergence of the new technology. The flow of technical information between the two armories, he shows, moved in one direction only— north to south. "In the end," Smith concludes, "the stamina of local culture is paramount in explaining why the Harpers Ferry armory never really flourished as a center of technological innovation."Pointing up the complexities of industrial change, this account of the Harpers Ferry experience challenges the commonly held view that Americans have always been eagerly receptive to new technological advances.
Author : Jonathan Earle
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1319241689
Despised and admired during his life and after his execution, the abolitionist John Brown polarized the nation and remains one of the most controversial figures in U.S. history. His 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, failed to inspire a slave revolt and establish a free Appalachian state but became a crucial turning point in the fight against slavery and a catalyst for the violence that ignited the Civil War. Jonathan Earle’s volume presents Brown as neither villain nor martyr, but rather as a man whose deeply held abolitionist beliefs gradually evolved to a point where he saw violence as inevitable. Earle’s introduction and his collection of documents demonstrate the evolution of Brown’s abolitionist strategies and the symbolism his actions took on in the press, the government, and the wider culture. The featured documents include Brown’s own writings, eyewitness accounts, government reports, and articles from the popular press and from leading intellectuals. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, a list of important figures, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.
Author : Mark A. Lause
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780745337609
A history of home-grown American radicalism in the 19th century.
Author :
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release :
Category : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
ISBN : 9781455605576
Folder includes research notes and other material such as journal articles, and copies of and extracts from Jefferson-related correspondence.
Author : Dave Gilbert
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
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Author : Stephen Dorman Brown
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780915782048
Accounts of ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Author : Dennis E. Frye
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
ISBN : 9781578647163
Author : Josephus (Junior)
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,58 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
ISBN :
Author : Dolly Nasby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738544144
The site of one of George Washington's arsenals and John Brown's failed raid is depicted in photographs, showing how the town has barely changed over time due to the National Park Service's restorations.