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Frutta di Mare : evolution and revolution in the maritime world in the 19th and 20th centuries ; proceedings of the Second International Congress of Maritime History, June 5-8 1996, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Title
- Frutta di Mare : evolution and revolution in the maritime world in the 19th and 20th centuries ; proceedings of the Second International Congress of Maritime History, June 5-8 1996, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands / [edited by] Paul C. van Royen, Lewis R. Fischer, David M. Williams.
- Author
- International Congress of Maritime History (2nd : 1996 : Amsterdam, Netherlands; Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Batavian Lion International, 1998.
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- Description
- 222 pages : illustrations, portrait; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Evolution and revolution in the maritime world in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Subject
- Merchant marine > Europe > History > 19th century > Congresses
- Merchant marine > Europe > History > 20th century > Congresses
- Merchant mariners > Europe > History > 19th century > Congresses
- Merchant mariners > Europe > History > 20th century > Congresses
- Shipping > History > Europe > Congresses
- Shipbuilding > Europe > History > Congresses
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction / Paul C. van Royen -- Reflections on the recent past of maritime history in the Netherlands and abroad / Jaap R. Bruijn -- Navigation changes direction from art to science / Conrad Dixon -- The prestige of pure research: naval support of science in the Dutch East Indies, 1840-1940 / Lewis R. Pyenson -- The fading tradition: the declining use of magnetic declination in Dutch pelagic navigation / Art R. T. Jonkers -- Climatic reconstructions in the North Sea area: the case study of the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 / Dennis A. Wheeler -- Private enterprise as public utility: the management of capital in two centuries of shipping business / Edward W. Sloan -- Embarking on a new course: personnel, ships and administrative reforms in the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1814-1914 / Anita M. C. van Dissel -- Concepts for the study of innovation: evaluation of the Dutch shipbuilding industry in historical perspective / Harry W. Lintsen -- Evolution and revolution in the development of shipbuilding materials / Henk J. Wimmers -- Old attitudes and new technology: British shipbuilding 1945-1965 / Lewis Johnman -- The maritime labour market: skill and experience as factors of demand and supply / Yrjö Kaukiainen -- Ports, ships and government in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Gordon Jackson -- Attempts at reducing the expenditure of the port of Liverpool, 1836-1913 / Adrian Jarvis -- Riding the wave: the state of maritime history, opportunities and challenges / Frank J. A. Broeze.
- ISBN
- 9067074756
- OCLC
- ocm40191144
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries