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The Military-Industrial Complexes of WWII : = Research Facility Expansion and Product Diversification at B.F. Goodrich and the Largest U.S. Industrial Manufacturers, 1941-1960.

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Title/Author:	The Military-Industrial Complexes of WWII :/
Reminder of title:	Research Facility Expansion and Product Diversification at B.F. Goodrich and the Largest U.S. Industrial Manufacturers, 1941-1960.
Author:	Berkhout, Daniel J.
Description:	1 online resource (530 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-12(E), Section: A.
Subject:	American history. -
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ISBN:	9780355273045

The Military-Industrial Complexes of WWII : = Research Facility Expansion and Product Diversification at B.F. Goodrich and the Largest U.S. Industrial Manufacturers, 1941-1960.
Berkhout, Daniel J.

The Military-Industrial Complexes of WWII :Research Facility Expansion and Product Diversification at B.F. Goodrich and the Largest U.S. Industrial Manufacturers, 1941-1960. - 1 online resource (530 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-12(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The George Washington University, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

In his 1961 farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower explained how a "technological revolution during recent decades" was "largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture." As a result, this dissertation considers how and why post-WWII industrial research became, according to Eisenhower, "more formalized, complex, and costly." The origins and characteristics of a paradigm shift in how American corporations conducted research are identified by comparing changes in R&D at the B.F. Goodrich Company from 1941 through 1960 to similar developments at the 200 largest U.S. industrial manufacturers in 1948.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355273045Subjects--Topical Terms:

1179188
American history.
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Electronic books.

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