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The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers 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 look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shaped the nation’s history. It features beautiful color images of paintings by today’s premier marine artist, John Stobart.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	01 novembre 2007
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781620458778
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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THE W AY OF THE S HIP
THE W AY OF THE S HIP
A MERICA S M ARITIME H ISTORY R EENVISIONED , 1600-2000
Alex Roland
W. Jeffrey Bolster
Alexander Keyssar
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright 2008 by the American Maritime History Project, Inc. All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roland, Alex, date.
The way of the ship : America s maritime history reenvisioned / Alex Roland, W. Jeffrey Bolster, Alexander Keyssar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-13600-3 (cloth)
1. Merchant marine-United States-History. 2. Merchant mariners-United States-History. 3. Shipping-United States-History. 4. Navigation-United States-History. 5. United States-History, Naval. I. Bolster, W. Jeffrey. II. Keyssar, Alexander. III. Title.
HE745.R54 2007
387.50973-dc22
2007039348
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Eliot Lumbard
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
When Shipping Was King: Colonial Shipping and the Making of America, 1600-1783
1 The Colonies and the Sea
2 Richard Hakluyt s Maritime Plantations
3 John Winthrop s Godly Society by the Sea
4 Codfish, Timber, and Profit
5 An Infant Industry
6 The Shipping Business in 1700
7 The Eclipse of Boston
8 Coastal Commerce in Colonial America
9 The Sailor s Life
10 War and Transformation
PART II
A World within Themselves: The Golden Age and the Rise of Inland Shipping, 1783-1861
11 A Tale of Two Ports
12 Robert Livingston and the Art of the Deal
13 Robert Fulton and the Art of Steaming
14 The War of 1812
15 Henry Shreve and the Taming of the River
16 DeWitt Clinton and the Canal Craze
17 Rushing to San Francisco
18 Steam, Speed, Schedule: A Business Model for the Golden Age
19 Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Growth of Infrastructure
PART III
Maritime Industry and Labor in the Gilded Age, 1861-1914
20 The Hinge of War
21 Anaconda, Anyone?
22 Benjamin Franklin Isherwood and the Industrialization of Ship Production
23 The Alabama and Commerce War
24 Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Rise of the Railroad
25 Marcus Hanna and the Growth of Heartland Shipping
26 John Lynch and the Quest for a National Maritime Policy
27 John Roach and the New Shipbuilding
28 West Coast Shipping and the Rise of Maritime Labor
29 Andrew Furuseth, the Unions, and the Law
30 Ships, Steel, and More Labor
PART IV
The Weight of War, 1905-1956
31 Mahan, Roosevelt, and the Seaborne Empire
32 War and Woodrow Wilson
33 Robert Dollar and the Business of Shipping, 1920-1929
34 A Tale of Two Harrys: The Radicalization of West Coast Labor
35 Hugo Black and Direct Subsidy, 1935-1941
36 The Henry Bacon and the War in the Atlantic, 1941-1945
37 Henry Kaiser and the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945
38 Edward Stettinius and Flags of Convenience
PART V
Megaship: The Rise of the Invisible, Automated Bulk Carrier, 1956-2000
39 Daniel K. Ludwig and the Giant Ships
40 Malcom McLean and the Container Revolution
41 Farewell the Finger Pier: The Changing Face of Ports
42 The Shrinking Giant: Maritime Labor in an Age of Mechanization
43 Richard Nixon and the Quest for a National Maritime Policy
44 Hot Wars and Cold
45 Ted Arison and the Fun Cruise for Thousands
46 Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix A World and U.S. Commercial Vessels
Appendix B Value of U.S. Waterborne Cargo, 1790-1994
Appendix C Maritime Labor, 1925-2000
Appendix D U.S. Shipbuilding, 1769-1969
Glossary
Bibliographie Essay
Notes
Art Credits
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was sponsored by the American Maritime History Project, Inc. (AMHPI), a New York, not-for-profit corporation conceived and organized by Eliot Lumbard. The authors are indebted to the AMHPI board of directors: Virgil R. Allen, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.); Charles Dana Gibson; Albert J. Herberger, Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.); Captain Warren G. Leback; Dr. Gary A. Lombardo; Eliot H. Lumbard, Esq. (Chair); Dr. Warren F. Mazek; David A. O Neil* (Vice-Chair); Thomas J. Patterson, Rear Admiral, USMS (Ret.); Ellsworth L. Peterson; Anthony P. Romano Jr., (Treasurer); George J. Ryan; Carl J. Seiberlich, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)*; Fred S. Sherman; and James H. Yocum. The authors also recognize the contributions of the AMHPI advisory committee: James H. Ackerman, Esq.*; Peter A. Aron; Dr. George B. Billy (Secretary); Frank O. Braynard; Dr. Jane P. Brickman; Dr. Charles R. Cushing; Jose Femenia; Donald W. Forster; Reginald M. Hayden Jr., Esq.; John Hightower; Edward V. Kelly; Robert H. Keifer; Adolph B. Kurz, * ; Guy E. C. Maitland, Esq.; Dr. Karen E. Markoe; John Maxtone-Graham; Lauren S. McCready, Rear Admiral, USMS (Ret.); Captain Arthur R. Moore; Dr. Janet F. Palmer; Charles M. Renick, Captain, USMS (Ret.); George R. Searle; James T. Shirley, Jr., Esq.; Brian D. Starer, Esq.; Joseph D. Stewart, Vice Admiral, USMS; Eric Y. Wallischeck, Captain, USMS; and Thomas Wilcox.
The research and writing of the book were supported by the generous contributions of the Project s benefactors: James H. Ackerman (Evalyn M. Bauer Foundation); Bunis S. Acuff; Alexander Baldwin Foundation (Matson Navigation Co.); Myles J. Ambrose; American Bureau of Shipping; American Merchant Marine Veterans, National Headquarters, Cape Coral, FL; American Merchant Marine Veterans, Edwin J. O Hara Chapter, New York, NY; American Merchant Marine Veterans, Dennis A. Roland Chapter, Midland Park, NJ; American Merchant Marine Veterans, Puget Sound Chapter, Seattle, WA; John O. Arntzen; Peter A. Aron (J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.); Cecil S. Ashdown; William F. Bachmaier; James H. Baker; Samuel Bassini; William E. Berks; Dr. George J. Billy; Eugene C. Bonacci; Bruce and Christine Bowen; Roland A. Bowling; Donald C. Brett; Dr. Jane P. and John M. Brickman; Philip C. Calian; Harry Carl; Bernard J. Carpenter; The Chubb Corporation; John F. Clair; Albert B. Clarke; Thomas J. Clossey; Philip J. Comba; Sidney A. Cooley; August W. Cordes Jr.; Robert E. Crabtree Sr.; Susan M. Cropper; David and Ama Davies; Dr. B. G. Davis; Stephen E. Davis; Henry G. Dircks; Edward M. Donaher; Matthew M. Drag; John Dziekan; Fernando and Mary Ebhardt; James A. Fairfield; Harry Fisher; Donald W. Forster (Marine and Industrial Power, Inc.; Charles F. French; George Gans; Charles Dana Gibson; Alvin Golden; John R. Graham; Rodney Gregory; John F. Hatley; Peter S. Herrick; High Seas Mariners Chapter, Willow Grove, PA; Moses W. Hirschkowitz; Richard A. Hoffman; Russell H. Holm; Andrew A. Hunter; Harold D. Hunter; Niels W. Johnsen (International Shipholding Corporation); Edgar Arnold Johnston; Neil E. Jones; Robert H. Kiefer; Thomas A. King; Daniel Kowalyk; Arthur and Alice Kramer Foundation; Paul L. Krinsky; Dorothy Kurz; Edythe J. Layne; Walter Leander; Thomas J. and Cheryl Linter; V. J. Longhi Associates; Franklyn R. Lozier; Henry Luce Foundation; Eliot H. Lumbard; John A. Lumbard; Bruce N. Macdonald; Guy E. Clay Maitland; Herbert J. Maletz; Marine Society of the City of New York; Masters, Mates Pilots; Lauren S. McCready; Thomas F. McEvily Jr.; Roberta I. McGalliard; William E. Meagher; Constantino J. Meccarello; Mark M. Miller; James J. Moore (National Maritime Historical Society); Richard G. Morris; David A. O Neil (Seaworthy Systems, Inc.); Robert M. Pennoyer; Ellsworth L. and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation (and the Fred J. Peterson Foundation, Inc., Peterson Builders, Inc.); Lawrence W. Pierce; Richard W. Quinn Sr.; Paul W. Reinhardt; Charles M. Renick; Robert W. Reutti; Cy Lloyd (Rosie) Roberts; Fred G. Roebuck Jr.; Anthony P. Romano Jr.; George J. Ryan; George R. Searle; Carl B. Shaw; Fred S. Sherman; James T. Shirley Jr.; Enoch C. Silva; Leroy J. Smith; Lester Stoveken; SUNY Maritime College Alumni Association; Robert W. Sweet; Theodore H. Teplow; Theodore A. Tribolati (Gibbs Cox, Inc.); Walter A. Turchick; Harold R. Tyler; USMMA Alumni Association, Northern New Jersey Ch