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008 161001s2017 nyuac b 001 0 eng d
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019 _a957022247
020 _a9781620409084
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035 _a(OCoLC)960237904
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092 _a387.5092
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aFowler, William M.,
_d1944-
_eauthor.
_9335021
245 1 0 _aSteam titans :
_bCunard, Collins, and the epic battle for commerce on the North Atlantic /
_cWilliam M. Fowler Jr.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2017.
300 _a358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a" 'Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today."--Jacket.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 2 0 _aCollins Line.
_9335022
610 2 0 _aCunard Steamship Company, ltd.
_9335023
650 0 _aSteamboat lines
_zNorth Atlantic Ocean
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_9335024
600 1 0 _aCollins, Edward Knight,
_d1802-1878.
_9335025
600 1 0 _aCunard, Samuel,
_cSir,
_d1787-1865.
_9335026
651 0 _aUnited States
_xCommerce
_y19th century.
_9335027
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xCommerce
_y19th century.
_9335028
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c255048
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