Ships that sail no more : marine transportation from San Diego to Puget Sound, 1910-1940 /

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This chronicle of coastal shipping in the western United States forms an important but hitherto neglected part of the history of transportation in America. From the beginning the seaways were a vital link among the developing West Coast settlements, and even after the completion of a north-south rai...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Giles T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1966.
Subjects:
Coastwise shipping > Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Shipping > Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Transports maritimes côtiers > Pacifique, Côte du (États-Unis)
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Coastwise shipping
Shipping
United States > Pacific Coast
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; ONE: The Beginning of an Era; TWO: The Admiral Line Becomes Supreme; THREE: World War I and Coastwise Shipping, 1917-1920; FOUR: The Strike and After, 1921-1924; FIVE: The Postwar Decade: Three Problems; SIX: The Crest of Prosperity, 1925-1929; SEVEN: Passenger Travel; EIGHT: The Last Struggle, 1930-1936; NINE: The Passing of an Era; Appendix; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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