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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060195959
ISBN-139780060195953
eBay Product ID (ePID)2455551
Product Key Features
Book TitleTransatlantic : Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicNavigation, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Transportation, History
AuthorStephen Fox
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight31.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-191928
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal387.5/09163/109034
SynopsisA stirring narrative of the rapid development of the great transatlantic steamships, from paddle-wheelers to the sleek luxury greyhounds of the modern era -- and the men who designed and ran them. During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants to transform the United States. In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built. Set against the classic tension of modern technology contending with a formidable natural environment, the story is rife with disasters. The key element is steam power: the universal, magical, transforming microchip of the nineteenth century.
LC Classification NumberHE945.A2F68 2003
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- 14. Jun. 2022
Superb history of Atlantic passenger ships 1840-1910
Author Stephen Fox has put together a fine history of the North Atlantic passenger service in the seventy years from 1870 to 1910. Among its 493 pages are 62 high quality photographs, some are previously unpublished. Highly recommended.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
