Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation of Ship Design and Construction, 1820-1920

by William H. Thiesen

Throughout the 19th century, the shipbuilding industry in America was both art and craft, one based on tradition, instinct, hand tools, and handmade ship models. Even as mechanization was introduced,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813029406
• ISBN13: 9780813029405
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"