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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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Liverpool University Press,
2017.
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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 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.
- 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.