Maritime Capital - The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914

In Maritime Capital, the long-awaited final volume of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, Eric Sager and Gerald Panting argue that the decline of the shipping industry was not, as has commonly been assumed, the inevitable result of the conversion from wood and sail to iron and steam.

Info autore

Eric W. Sager is professor emeritus of history at the University of Victoria.

Riassunto

In Maritime Capital, the long-awaited final volume of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, Eric Sager and Gerald Panting argue that the decline of the shipping industry was not, as has commonly been assumed, the inevitable result of the conversion from wood and sail to iron and steam.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gerald E Panting, Gerald E. Panting, Eric W Sager, Eric W. Sager
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.05.1996
• EAN: 9780773515208
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-1520-8
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 480 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia