The rise and decline of U.S. merchant shipping in the twentieth century /
This is the first comprehensive history of a major American industry - an industry intimately linked to such significant forces as foreign competition, industrialization, wartime economics, international relations, government regulation, and unbridled entrepreneurship. The story of merchant shipping...
| Основен автор: | De La Pedraja Toman, Rene. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York : Toronto : New York :
Twayne Publishers ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International,
c1992.
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| Серия: |
Twayne's evolution of American business series ;
[no. 8]. |
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Rise and decline of U.S. merchant shipping in the twentieth century. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: The Structure and Evolution of the U.S. Merchant Shipping Industry
- Pt. I. The Prewar Period. 1. The American Challenge. 2. A Merchant Fleet for an Empire
- Pt. II. The Shipping Board Era. 3. World War I. 4. The Rebirth of the U.S.-Flag Merchant Fleet. 5. The Rise of Gulf Shipping. 6. Asia and the South Pacific. 7. The Passing of an Era
- Pt. III. The Container Age. 8. World War II. 9. Retreat from Supremacy. 10. Challengers: Old and New. 11. Ineffective Responses. 12. In the Shadow of the Cuban Revolution. 13. Scramble to Survive. 14. Energy: Crisis and Opportunity. 15. The Shakeout.