Barton C. Hacker

Author of On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini

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Barton C. Hacker, Ph.D. (1969) in history, University of Chicago, is curator of Armed Forces History at the Smithsonian. He has published extensively on the military history of women, the history of military technology, and the comparative history of military institutions. — biography from World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military Institutions and Warfare … (more)

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Works by Barton C. Hacker

On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini 33 copies

West Point in the Making of America 16 copies

American Military Technology: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood… 11 copies

The Dragon's Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946 8 copies

World Military History Bibliography: Premodern and Nonwestern Military… 7 copies, 1 review

A Companion to Women's Military History (Editor; Contributor) 6 copies

Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War 4 copies

A Right to Bear Arms? The Contested Role of History in Contemporary… (Editor) 3 copies

Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety… 3 copies

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The Atomic West (Contributor) 19 copies

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Hacker, Barton Clyde

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1935-07-17

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

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University of Chicago (BA | 1955)

University of Chicago (MA | 1962)

University of Chicago (PhD | 1968)

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International Peace Research Association

World History Association

European Association for Studies of Science and Technology

American Anthropological Association

American Historical Association

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Leonardo da Vinci Medal (2003)

Richard W. Leopold Prize (1996)

Abbott Payson Usher Prize (1993)

James Madison Prize (1993)

Society for the History of Technology Special Service Award (1991)

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