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Author Thiesen, William H
Title Industrializing American shipbuilding : the transformation of ship design and construction, 1820-1920 / William H. Thiesen ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith, series editors
Imprint Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2006
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 RCHSS Library  VM23 T56 2006    AVAILABLE    30560400571409
 Fu Ssu-Nien WTN LANG BK  VM23 T439 2006    AVAILABLE    30530001145705
Descript x, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-292) and index
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
Subject Shipbuilding -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Shipbuilding -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Shipbuilding industry -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Shipbuilding industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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