The way of the ship : America's maritime history reenvisioned, 1600-2000
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Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2008].
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xv, 521 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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Jamestown City Library - 300s | 387.5 Roland, Alex | On Shelf |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2008].
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-505) and index.
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From the Publisher: An Enlightening, Expanded View Of American Maritime History. From Native Americans with birch bark canoes and inventive colonists who took fishing shallops and laid decks over them for coastal trading to the rise of the automated mass carrier and ever-bigger passenger cruise ships, this book tells the story of four hundred years of America's maritime history. It is filled with powerful and evocative images of ships such as the Mayflower, Savannah, Flying Cloud, Alabama, Sea-Land McLean, and Exxon Valdez; ports, including Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Salem, Buffalo, and Seattle; and people such as Joseph Peabody, Robert Fulton, Mark Twain, Donald McKay, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and Malcom McLean. The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both 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, authoritative look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shape the nation's history. Includes 16 color pages of marine paintings by John Stobart. This is part of a two-book project created by the American Maritime History Project, Inc., an independent enterprise with an office at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Roland, A., Bolster, W. J., & Keyssar, A. (2008). The way of the ship: America's maritime history reenvisioned, 1600-2000 . John Wiley & Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roland, Alex, 1944-, W. Jeffrey. Bolster and Alexander. Keyssar. 2008. The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roland, Alex, 1944-, W. Jeffrey. Bolster and Alexander. Keyssar. The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000 John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roland, Alex, W. Jeffrey Bolster, and Alexander Keyssar. The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000 John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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