A Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Shipping Industry: Since the Introduction of Steam

by Rene De La Pedraja

Overview

A foremost authority has written the first comprehensive reference about the U.S. Merchant Marine and American shipping from the introduction of steamships to today's diesel containerships—showing the impact of politics, economics, and technology on maritime history during the last two centuries. Over 500 entries describe people, private companies, business and labor groups, engineering and technological developments, government agencies, terms, key laws, landmark cases, issues, events, and ships of note. Short lists of references for further reading accompany these entries. Appendices include a chronology, diagrams of government organizations, and lists of business and labor groups by founding dates. An unusually extensive index lends itself to the varying research interests of students, teachers, and professionals in maritime and economic history, business-labor-government relations, and military studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313272257
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/23/1994
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.81(d)
Lexile:	1480L (what's this?)

About the Author

RENE DE LA PEDRAJA, is Professor of History at Canisius College and the author of The United States Merchant Shipping Industry during the Twentieth Century: A History (1990)./e Other recent books cover the history of energy policies and industries in South America.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Dictionary
Appendix A: Chronology of Selected Events
Appendix B: Diagrams of Government Agencies
Appendix C: Labor Unions and Business Groups (by date of founding)
Index

Editorial Reviews

De la Pedraja (history, Canisus Coll.) has compiled the first comprehensive reference about the U.S. Merchant Marine and the American shipping industry from the introduction of steamships to today's diesel containerships. To show the impact of politics, economics, and technology on maritime history during the last two centuries, he offers over 500 entries describing people, private companies, business and labor groups, engineering and technological developments, government agencies, terms, key laws, landmark cases, issues, events, and ships of note. Short lists of references for further reading accompany these entries. Appendixes include a chronology, diagrams of government organizations, and lists of business and labor groups by founding dates. An unusually extensive index lends itself to the varying research interests of students, teachers, and professionals in maritime and economic history, business, labor, government relations, and military studies. Highly recommended.-Michael Coleman, Alabama Regional Lib. for Blind & Physically Handicapped, Montgomery

Library Journal

In the wake of his 1990 history of US merchant shipping in the 20th century, Pedraja presents a reference with over 500 entries describing people, business and labor groups, engineering and technological developments, government agencies, laws, terms, issues, events, and notable ships. References are provided for each entry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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