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Industrializing American Shipbuilding
William H. Thiesen
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Description for Industrializing American Shipbuilding
Spanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, this history tells how nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding began to be discarded by the 1880s in favor of technical and scientific methods. It describes the trans-Atlantic exchange of technical information that took place during this era and the role of the US Navy in that. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTK; HBTM; KNDS; TBX; TTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Throughout the 19th century, the shipbuilding industry in America was both art and craft, one based on tradition, instinct, hand tools, and handmade ship models. Even as mechanization was introduced, the trade supported a system of apprenticeship, master builders, and family dynasties, and aesthetics remained the basis for design. Spanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, Thiesen's history tells how practical and nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding began to be discarded by the 1880s in favor of technical and scientific methods. Perceiving that British warships were superior to its own, the United States Navy set out to adopt ... Read more
Throughout the 19th century, the shipbuilding industry in America was both art and craft, one based on tradition, instinct, hand tools, and handmade ship models. Even as mechanization was introduced, the trade supported a system of apprenticeship, master builders, and family dynasties, and aesthetics remained the basis for design. Spanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, Thiesen's history tells how practical and nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding began to be discarded by the 1880s in favor of technical and scientific methods. Perceiving that British warships were superior to its own, the United States Navy set out to adopt ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029405
SKU
V9780813029405
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About William H. Thiesen
William H. Thiesen, curator and director of operations of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, has published articles in Mariner's Mirror, American Neptune, and International Journal of Maritime History.
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