MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007039348
003 DLC
005 20091113084017.0
008 070924s2008 njuabf b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780470136003 (cloth)
020 $a0470136006 (cloth)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn153580815
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050 00 $aHE745$b.R54 2008
082 00 $a387.50973$222
100 1 $aRoland, Alex,$d1944-
245 14 $aThe way of the ship :$bAmerica's maritime history reenvisioned, 1600-2000 /$cAlex Roland, W. Jeffrey Bolster, Alexander Keyssar.
260 $aHoboken, N.J. :$bJohn Wiley & Sons,$cc2008.
300 $axv, 521 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 451-505) and index.
505 0 $aPart I: When shipping was king: colonial shipping and the making of America, 1600- 1783 -- Colonies and the Sea -- Richard Hakluyt's of Maritime Plantations -- John Winthrop's Godly Society by the Sea -- Codfish, Timber, and Profit -- An Infant Industry -- The Shipping Business in 1700 -- The Eclipse of Boston -- The Coastal Trade -- The Sailor₂s Life -- War and Transformation -- Part II: A world within themselves: the Golden Age and the rise of inland shipping, 1783 1861 -- Introduction -- A Tale of Two Ports -- Robert Livingston and the Art of the Deal -- Robert Fulton and the Art of Steaming -- The War of 1812 -- Henry Shreve and the Taming of the River -- DeWitt Clinton and the Canal Craze -- Rushing to San Francisco -- Steam, Speed, Schedule: A Business Model for the Golden Age -- Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Growth of Infrastructure -- Part III: Maritime industry and labor in the Gilded Age, 1861-1914 -- The Hinge of War -- Anaconda, Anyone? -- Benjamin Franklin Isherwood and the Industrialization of Ship Production -- The Alabama and Commerce War -- Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Rise of the Railroad -- Marcus Hanna and the growth of Heartland Shipping -- John Lynch and the Quest for National Maritime Policy -- John Roach and the New Shipbuilding -- West Coast Shipping and the Rise of Maritime Labor -- Andrew Furuseth, The Unions, and the Law -- Ships, Steel, and More Labor -- Part IV: The weight of war, 1905-1956 -- Mahan, Roosevelt, and the Seaborne Empire -- War and Woodrow Wilson -- Robert Dollar and the Business of Shipping, 1920-1929 -- A Tale of Two Harrys: The Radicalization of Labor -- Hugo Black and Direct Subsidy, 1935-1941 -- Henry Bacon and War in the Atlantic, 1941-1945 -- Henry Kaiser and War in the Pacific, 1941-1945. -- Edward Stettinius and Flags of Expediency -- Part V: Supership: the rise of the invisible, automated mass carrier, 1956-2000 -- Daniel K. Ludwig and the Giant Ships -- Malcom McLean and the Container Revolution -- Farewell the Finger Pier: The Changing Face of Ports -- The Shrinking Giant: Maritime Labor Confronts Mechanization and Automation -- Richard Nixon and the Quest for National Maritime Policy -- Hot Wars and Cold -- Ted Arison and the Fun Cruise for Thousands -- Conclusion. -- Epilogue -- Appendix A-1: World and Select National Commercial Fleets, 1850-2000 -- Appendix A-2: U.S. Commercial Vessels, 1934-1997 -- Appendix A-3: Documented U.S Merchant Vessels in Foreign and Domestic Trade -- Appendix B: Value of U.S. Waterborne Cargo, 1790-1994 -- Appendix C: Maritime Labor, 1925-2000 -- Appendix D: U.S. Shipbuilding, 1769-1969.
650 0 $aMerchant marine$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMerchant mariners$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aShipping$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aNavigation$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval.
700 1 $aBolster, W. Jeffrey.
700 1 $aKeyssar, Alexander.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007039348-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007039348-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007039348-b.html