Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic
Autor William M. Fowler Jr.en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 oct 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781620409084
ISBN-10: 1620409089
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 1 x 16 page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1620409089
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 1 x 16 page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
An
Epic
Rivalry:The
battle
for
control
of
trade
routes
across
the
Atlantic
is
one
of
many
important
moments
in
the
history
of
the
relationship
between
the
US
and
England.
Notă biografică
William
M.
Fowleris
Distinguished
Professor
of
History
at
Northeastern
University
in
Boston
and
has
lectured
at
the
Smithsonian
Institution,
the
United
States
Naval
War
College,
and
the
Sea
Education
Association.
A
trustee
of
the
Ralph
Waldo
Emerson
Association,
The
Paul
Revere
Memorial
Association,
and
The
Rhode
Island
Historical
Society,
Fowler
is
an
honorary
member
of
the
Boston
Marine
Society,
as
well
as
an
editor
ofThe
New
England
Quarterly.
He
lives
in
Winchester,
Massachusetts.
Recenzii
A
vigorous
account
of
the
rivalry
.
.
.With
STEAM
TITANS,
Mr.
Fowler
has
crafted
an
enjoyable
book,
with
enough
technical
detail
and
colorful
tales
to
appeal
to
the
casual
weekend
sailor
and
skilled
mariner
alike.
[A] grand-scale chronicle of an era at sea like no other, written by a master maritime scholar, and with appropriate vitality. High ambition, ingenuity, the advance of technology, money, good luck and bad, and courage aplenty all play their parts here. [A] most refreshing reminder of how much more there is to history besides politics and war.
[A] fascinating, informative account of the rivalry that pushed the efficiency of ocean transportation to new heights in the mid-nineteenth century. The narrative has all the thrust and drive of one of the steam ships William Fowler so vividly evokes. His account of the wreck of theArcticis just one of the many set pieces that makes this book both a pleasure and a surprise.
A powerful, sometimes cautionary, tale of a great transatlantic maritime rivalry, well-told from both human and commercial viewpoints.
Fowler takes us back to the shipping industry of Britain and the freshly declared independent American colonies to illustrate the formation and growth of trade routes and commodities, maritime law, and the U.S. merchant marine, as well as the often-prickly relationship between national politics and commercial interests
Skillfully-written and well researched . . . It describes fascinating details without becoming too technical.
Well researched and finely articulated, STEAM TITANS is an absorbing account of a decade-long struggle.
STEAM TITANS is a must read. Superbly written!
[A] grand-scale chronicle of an era at sea like no other, written by a master maritime scholar, and with appropriate vitality. High ambition, ingenuity, the advance of technology, money, good luck and bad, and courage aplenty all play their parts here. [A] most refreshing reminder of how much more there is to history besides politics and war.
[A] fascinating, informative account of the rivalry that pushed the efficiency of ocean transportation to new heights in the mid-nineteenth century. The narrative has all the thrust and drive of one of the steam ships William Fowler so vividly evokes. His account of the wreck of theArcticis just one of the many set pieces that makes this book both a pleasure and a surprise.
A powerful, sometimes cautionary, tale of a great transatlantic maritime rivalry, well-told from both human and commercial viewpoints.
Fowler takes us back to the shipping industry of Britain and the freshly declared independent American colonies to illustrate the formation and growth of trade routes and commodities, maritime law, and the U.S. merchant marine, as well as the often-prickly relationship between national politics and commercial interests
Skillfully-written and well researched . . . It describes fascinating details without becoming too technical.
Well researched and finely articulated, STEAM TITANS is an absorbing account of a decade-long struggle.
STEAM TITANS is a must read. Superbly written!