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The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000
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by Alex Roland, W. Jeffrey Bolster, and Alexander Keyssar
Sales Rank: 143803
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List Price: $35.00
$23.10
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 544 pages
Published by: Wiley November 16, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0470136006
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470136003
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Description
The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers oceanic shipping and domestic shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shaped the nation’s history. It features gorgeous color images of paintings by today’s premier marine artist, John Stobart.
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The history of shipping in America from 1600 to 2000, as traditionally recounted,is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. The Way of the Ship is different. While it elucidates the significant impact of the merchant marine, this book views American maritime commerce from a global perspective and incorporates the crucial contributions of shipping on coastal and inland waters.
The Way of the Ship tells the important story of the commercial transport of passengers and goods from port to port in American history and the ways in which it fueled the material and economic expansion of the country. Throughout, it explains the factors that influenced-and continue to influence-the shipping industry, from economics, government policy, and labor to the military and technology. It includes intriguing details about the ships and ports that played pivotal roles and the entrepreneurs who took the helm along the way.
Readers will be struck by two paradoxes: the contrast between the volume of U.S. trade and the size of its merchant marine, and the contrast between the importance of shipping in American history and life and its relative invisibility to historians and citizens.
Complete with gorgeous color images of paintings by today's premier marine artist, John Stobart, this thought-provoking reference sheds new light on the country's fascinating maritime past and looks at the diverse factors that will influence the way of the ship in the twenty-first century.
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