Ships that sail no more marine transportation from San Diego to Puget Sound, 1910-1940 / Giles T. Brown.

By:

Brown, Giles T [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813162256

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HE751 .S557 1966

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Subject: This chronicle of coastal shipping in the western United States forms an important but hitherto neglected part of the history of transportation in America. From the beginning the seaways were a vital link among the developing West Coast settlements, and even after the completion of a north-south rail line sturdy steamers continued to serve as the major carriers of freight and passengers along the Pacific Coast and as the chief economic and cultural contact of this region with the rest of America. Here, Giles T. Brown surveys this transportation system at the height of its activity and in parti.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HE751 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900345112

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; ONE: The Beginning of an Era; TWO: The Admiral Line Becomes Supreme; THREE: World War I and Coastwise Shipping, 1917-1920; FOUR: The Strike and After, 1921-1924; FIVE: The Postwar Decade: Three Problems; SIX: The Crest of Prosperity, 1925-1929; SEVEN: Passenger Travel; EIGHT: The Last Struggle, 1930-1936; NINE: The Passing of an Era; Appendix; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

This chronicle of coastal shipping in the western United States forms an important but hitherto neglected part of the history of transportation in America. From the beginning the seaways were a vital link among the developing West Coast settlements, and even after the completion of a north-south rail line sturdy steamers continued to serve as the major carriers of freight and passengers along the Pacific Coast and as the chief economic and cultural contact of this region with the rest of America. Here, Giles T. Brown surveys this transportation system at the height of its activity and in parti.

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