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Industrializing American shipbuilding : the transformation of ship design and construction, 1820-1920 / William H. Thiesen ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thiesen, William H.
- Series:
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipbuilding--United States--History--19th century.
- Shipbuilding.
- Shipbuilding--United States--History--20th century.
- Shipbuilding industry--United States--History--19th century.
- Shipbuilding industry.
- Shipbuilding industry--United States--History--20th century.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
- Contents:
- The origin of practical shipbuilding methods
- The growth of scientific shipbuilding in Great Britain
- Practical shipbuilding develops in the United States
- The golden era of urban American shipbuilding
- Building iron ships in a wooden shipbuilding culture
- A clash of cultures : the failure of theory in a practical shipbuilding world
- An American naval renaissance and the introduction of theoretical ship design to the United States
- The new American style of shipbuilding
- Conclusion: building an American ship in the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813029406
- OCLC:
- 62172917
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