Materializing the Military
Author:   Bernard S. Finn ,  Bart Hacker ,  Robert Bud ,  Helmuth Trischler
Publisher:   Science Museum
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9781900747608


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 April 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Materializing the Military


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Author:   Bernard S. Finn ,  Bart Hacker ,  Robert Bud ,  Helmuth Trischler
Publisher:   Science Museum
Imprint:   Science Museum
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9781900747608


ISBN 10:   190074760
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 April 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Medieval weaponry; Exploiting the guns of the Santissimo Sacramento: an analysis of early modern naval ordnance, gunnery and gunfounding; Prosthetics in the US Civil War; Uniforms for volunteers in the First World War; Material culture and the twentieth century, focusing on the First World War; Celestial navigation aloft: sextants in the Second World War; Archaeology of the German occupation of Jersey during the Second World War; Use of objects in the NMAH military history exhibition; Objects at an exhibition: reflections on 'Fast Attacks and Boomers'; Military history museums.

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Bernard Finn is curator of the electrical collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Current research interests include electric lighting, submarine telegraphy and the history of technical museums. Robert Bud is Head of Research (Collections) and of Life and Communications Technologies at the Science Museum, London. His work concentrates on the history of modern applied science. Helmuth Trischler is head of the research department of the Deutches Museum and Professor of History and History of Technology at the University of Munich.

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