{"product_id":"new-yorks-historic-armories-an-illustrated-history-9780791469118","title":"New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cp\u003eChronicles the evolution of the armory as a specific building type in American architectural and military history  and the role these buildings played in the history of Americas volunteer militia.  Winner of the 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State Winner of the 2007 Building Typology Award presented by the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America  New Yorks Army National Guard armories are among the most imposing monuments to the role of the citizen soldier in American military history. In New Yorks Historic Armories  Nancy L. Todd draws on archival research as well as historic and contemporary photographs and drawings to trace the evolution of the armory as a specific building type in American architectural and military history. The result of a ten-year collaboration between the New York State Office of Parks  Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs  this illustrated history presents information on all known armories in the state as well as the units associated with them  and will serve as a valuable reference for readers interested in general  military  and architectural history.  Built to house local units of the states volunteer militia  armories served as arms storage facilities  clubhouses for the militiamen  and civic monuments symbolizing New Yorks determination to preserve domestic law and order through military might. Approximately 120 armories were built in New York State from the late eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth  and most date from the last quarter of the nineteenth century  when the National Guard was Americas primary domestic peacekeeper during the postCivil War era of labor-capital unrest. Together  New Yorks armories chronicle the history of the volunteer militia  from its emergence during the early Republican Era  through its heyday during the Gilded Age as the backbone of the American military system  to its early twentieth-century role as the nations primary armed reserve force.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665830633525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0791469115","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780791469118.jpg?v=1782409083","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/new-yorks-historic-armories-an-illustrated-history-9780791469118","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}