This book compiles seven essays concerning changes to merchant shipping over the hundred and fifty years between 1850 and 2000, and spanning a range of countrie

"The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both oceanic shipping and domestics shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with ex

Encyclopedic resource recounts sailing histories, vital statistics of 322 vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, and more. 195 black-and-

Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished

The early 20th-century world experienced a growth in international cooperation. Yet the dominant historical view of the period has long been one of national, mi