The Sway Of The Grand Saloon
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The Sway Of The Grand Saloon
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Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Sway Of The Grand Saloon written by John Malcolm Brinnin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Cruise ships categories.
History of Transatlantic passenger travel.
The Sway Of The Grand Saloon
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Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
language : en
Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press
Release Date : 1971
The Sway Of The Grand Saloon written by John Malcolm Brinnin and has been published by New York : Delacorte Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Merchant marine categories.
Relive the glorious age of passenger ships in this account of the famous luxury liners and their passengers.
Fathoming The Ocean
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Author : Helen M. Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-31
Fathoming The Ocean written by Helen M. Rozwadowski and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-31 with Science categories.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of how this changed—of how the depths became a scientific passion and a cultural obsession, an engineering challenge and a political attraction—is the story that unfolds in Fathoming the Ocean. In a history at once scientific and cultural, Helen Rozwadowski shows us how the Western imagination awoke to the ocean's possibilities—in maritime novels, in the popular hobby of marine biology, in the youthful sport of yachting, and in the laying of a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. The ocean emerged as important new territory, and scientific interests intersected with those of merchant-industrialists and politicians. Rozwadowski documents the popular crazes that coincided with these interests—from children's sailor suits to the home aquarium and the surge in ocean travel. She describes how, beginning in the 1860s, oceanography moved from yachts onto the decks of oceangoing vessels, and landlubber naturalists found themselves navigating the routines of a working ship's physical and social structures. Fathoming the Ocean offers a rare and engaging look into our fascination with the deep sea and into the origins of oceanography—origins still visible in a science that focuses the efforts of physicists, chemists, geologists, biologists, and engineers on the common enterprise of understanding a vast, three-dimensional, alien space.
Steamship Travel In The Interwar Years
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Author : Lorraine Coons
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-03-15
Steamship Travel In The Interwar Years written by Lorraine Coons and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-15 with Transportation categories.
Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias explore the world of interwar steamship travel.
The First Atlantic Liner
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Author : Helen Doe
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-07-15
The First Atlantic Liner written by Helen Doe and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-15 with Transportation categories.
The first ever history of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s forgotten first ship, the SS Great Western, the fastest and largest Atlantic Steamship of its day.
A History Of Modern Tourism
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Author : Eric Zuelow
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-26
A History Of Modern Tourism written by Eric Zuelow and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-26 with History categories.
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space and time. In so doing, it has aesthetic, medical, political, cultural, and social implications. However, it hasn't always been so. Tourism as we know it is a surprisingly modern thing, both a product of modernity and a force helping to shape it. A History of Modern Tourism is the first book to track the origins and evolution of this pursuit from earliest times to the present. From a new understanding of aesthetics to scientific change, from the invention of steam power to the creation of aircraft, from an elite form of education to family car trips to see national 'shrines,' this book offers a sweeping and engaging overview of a fascinating story not yet widely known.
Round Trip To America
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Author : Mark Wyman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1993
Round Trip To America written by Mark Wyman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
"Historians of migration will welcome Mark Wyman's new book on the elusive subject of persons who returned to Europe after coming to the United States. Other scholars have dealt with particular national groups . . . but Wyman is the first to treat . . . every major group . . . . Wyman explains returning to Europe as not just the fulfillment of original intentions but also the result of 'anger at bosses and clocks, nostalgia for waiting families, ' nativist resentment and heavy-handed Americanization programs, and a complex of other problems. . . . Wyman's 'nine broad conclusions' about the returnees deserve to be read by everyone concerned with international migration."--Journal of American History
Recasting American Liberty
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Author : Barbara Young Welke
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-08-13
Recasting American Liberty written by Barbara Young Welke and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-13 with History categories.
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen refused to stop, of women emotionally wrecked from the trauma of nearly missing a platform or street, and women barred from first class ladies' cars because of the color of their skin - Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the dangers of modern life. Gender and race become central to the transformation charted here, as much as the forces of corporate power, modern technology and urban space.
The Agitator
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Author : Peter Duffy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-03-19
The Agitator written by Peter Duffy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with History categories.
This story of an anti-fascist's dramatic and remarkable victory against Nazism in 1935 is an inspiration to anyone compelled to resist when signs of oppression are on the horizon By 1935, Hitler had suppressed all internal opposition and established himself as Germany's unchallenged dictator. Yet many Americans remained largely indifferent as he turned his dangerous ambitions abroad. Not William Bailey. Just days after violent anti-Semitic riots had broken out in Berlin, the SS Bremen, the flagship of Hitler's commercial armada, was welcomed into New York Harbor. Bailey led a small group that slipped past security and cut down the Nazi flag from the boat in the middle of a lavish party. A brawl ensued, followed by a media circus and a trial, in which Bailey and his team were stunningly acquitted. The political victory ultimately exposed Hitler's narcissism and violent aggression for all of America to see. The Agitator is the captivating story of Bailey's courage and vision in the Bremen incident, the pinnacle of a life spent battling against fascism. Bailey's story is full of drama and heart--and it's an inspiration to anyone who seeks to resist tyranny.
A Man And His Ship
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Author : Steven Ujifusa
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-06-04
A Man And His Ship written by Steven Ujifusa and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“A fascinating historical account…A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country’s mid-century greatness” (The Wall Street Journal) as a man endeavors to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner in history. The story of a great American Builder at the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the SS United States, was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when “made in America” meant the best. Gibbs was an American original, on par with John Roebling of the Brooklyn Bridge and Frank Lloyd Wright of Fallingwater. Forced to drop out of Harvard following his family’s sudden financial ruin, he overcame debilitating shyness and lack of formal training to become the visionary creator of some of the finest ships in history. He spent forty years dreaming of the ship that became the SS United States. William Francis Gibbs was driven, relentless, and committed to excellence. He loved his ship, the idea of it, and the realization of it, and he devoted himself to making it the epitome of luxury travel during the triumphant post-World War II era. Biographer Steven Ujifusa brilliantly describes the way Gibbs worked and how his vision transformed an industry. A Man and His Ship is a tale of ingenuity and enterprise, a truly remarkable journey on land and sea.
