Christopher James Tassava, Ph.D.

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Journal Articles

Weak Seams: Controversy over Welding Theory and Practice in American Shipyards, 1938-1946. History and Technology 19 (June 2003): 87-108.

Multiples of Six: The Six Companies and West Coast Industrialization, 1930-1945. Enterprise & Society 4 (March 2003): 1-27.

Book Reviews

Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945, by Paul A.C. Koistinen, Economic History Services.

A History of Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by  Frederic Lane et al. Science and Public Policy 29 (2002): 239-240.

Its Gone; Did you Notice? A History of the Mesabi Range Village of Franklin, Minnesota, by Barbara A. Milkovich. IA: Industrial Archeology 27, no. 2 (2001): 66-67.

Other Published Work

“World War II Economy,” EH.Net Online Encyclopedia, Robert Whaples, ed. (solicited; forthcoming, summer 2005).

“Fates Tough on Our War Presidents” (opinion article), [Minneapolis] Star Tribune, March 13, 2004: A23.

The Encylopedia of Chicago History, ed. James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004)

Cook County Morgue

Medical Societies and Journals

"Finding Academic Work in a For-Profit Setting," The Chronicle of Higher Education, First Person feature (February 2003).

The Encyclopedia of American Industrial History, ed. Thomas Heinrich (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming)

Assembly line Construction Industry Charles H. Cramp James J. Hill

Henry J. Kaiser Ralph Nader Shipbuilding Industry Frederick Winslow Taylor

Works in Progress

“Prefabricating Victory: Shipbuilding at Richmond, California, 1940-1945” (to be submitted to IA: Industrial Archeology, summer 2005).

“The New New Deal: the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II” (to be submitted to the Business History Review, late 2005).

“Government by Another Name: Kaiser and Bechtel, Supercontracting, and the American State” (to be submitted to the Journal of American History, late 2005).

“Twin Ports Shipbuilding at War, 1941-1945” (to be submitted to Minnesota History Quarterly, late 2005).

Other Academic Publications

“Blended Learning at Capella University: Asserting the Efficacy of Online Learning” (with Michael Offerman) in The Handbook of Blended Learning Environments:Global Perspectives, Local Designs; Curt Bonk & Charles Graham, eds. (New York: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, forthcoming).

“Assessing the Relationship between Learner Satisfaction and Faculty Participation in Online Course Discussions” (with Dana Offerman and Kim Pearce) in Online Assessment and Measurement: Case Studies from Higher Education, K-12, and Corporate (Volume II), Scott Howell, ed. (Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, forthcoming).

most recent update: Tuesday, August 16, 2005

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