Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918 /

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"In their comprehensive and authoritative history of boat and shipbuilding in North Carolina through the early twentieth century, William Still and Richard Stephenson document for the first time a bygone era when maritime industries dotted the Tar Heel coast. The work of shipbuilding craftsmen...

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Main Authors: Still, William N., Jr. (William Norwood), 1932- (Author), Stephenson, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Raleigh, North Carolina] : North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ships.
Shipping > Economic aspects.
Shipping.
Shipbuilding industry.
Navigation.
Naval architecture.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Architecture navale > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Navigation > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Construction navale > Industrie > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Navires > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Naval architecture > North Carolina > History.
Navigation > North Carolina > History.
Shipping > Economic aspects > North Carolina > History.
Shipping > North Carolina > History.
Shipbuilding industry > North Carolina > History.
Ships > North Carolina > History.
North Carolina.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: North Carolina's maritime heritage
  • 2. The Colonial and Revolutionary period, 1585-1783
  • 3. The Federal period, 1784-1815
  • 4. The advent of the steamboat, 1816-1860
  • 5. The Antebellum period, 1816-1860: expansion, prosperity, and crises
  • 6. The Civil War, 1861-1865
  • 7. The expansion period, 1866-1892
  • 8. The Industrial era, 1893-1914
  • 9. Prologue to the future
  • Appendices. Appendix A: Stephenson-Still ship list: Alphabetical ; Appendix B: Stephenson-Still ship list: Chronological ; Appendix C: Notes related to naming shipbuilding locations ; Appendix D: listing of Colonial shipbuilders and shipwrights.

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