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The impact of technological change : the early steamship in Britain /
This book presents an in-depth study of the impact of the steamship on Britain during its first forty years, roughly between 1810 and 1850. It relates the early steamship to several industrial themes including diffusion; construction; modernisation; the role of government - particularly the difficul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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St. John's, Nfld. :
International Maritime Economic History Association,
2011.
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| Colección: | Research in maritime history ;
no. 47. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 : British Steam Navigation, 1812 to the 1850s : A Bibliographical and Historiographical Review; Chapter 2: Some Official Listings of ""Vessels Navigated by Steam"" in Britain up to 1851: Evidence and Interpretation; Chapter 3: The Steamboat, Safety and the State: Government Reaction to New Technology in a Period of Laissez-Faire; Chapter 4: The Steamboat and Popular Tourism; Chapter 5: The Thames and Recreation, 1815-1840.
- Chapter 11: The Perception and Understanding of New Technology: A Failed Attempt to Establish Transatlantic Steamship Liner Services, 1824-1828Chapter 12: The ""Norwich Explosion"" of 1817: A Local Tragedy of National Significance; Chapter 13: Early Steamboat Services and Their Impact in North Wales, 1817-1840s; Chapter 14: The Beginnings of a New Technology: The Constructors of Early Steamboats, 1812-1822.
- Chapter 6: Steam Shipping and the Beginnings of Overseas Tourism: British Travel to North Western Europe, 1820-1850Chapter 7: Technological Advance and Innovation: The Diffusion of the Early Steamship in the United Kingdom, 1812-1834; Chapter 8: The Steamship as an Agent of Modernisation, 1812-1840; Chapter 9: ""A New and Very Modern Business:"" The Traffic and Operations of the Early Steamship; Chapter 10: Promotion, Speculation and Their Outcome: The ""Steamship Mania"" of 1824-1825.