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The Way of the Ship : America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000
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The Way of the Ship : America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000 Hardcover - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Roland, Alex

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Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title The Way of the Ship : America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000
  • Author Roland, Alex
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.
  • Date November 16, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 8173952-6
  • ISBN 9780470136003 / 0470136006
  • Weight 2.11 lbs (0.96 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.55 x 1.62 in (24.23 x 16.64 x 4.11 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History, Naval, Shipping - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007039348
  • Dewey Decimal Code 387.509

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

About the author

ALEX ROLAND is a Professor of History at Duke University, where he teaches military history and the history of technology. He previously taught at the U.S. Army War College and the U.S. Naval Academy. The author of several books, he is currently writing a biography of Robert Fulton.

W. JEFFREY BOLSTER, a maritime historian, is a Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire. His book "Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail" was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year."

ALEXANDER KEYSSAR is the Stirling Professor of History and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts, which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians and was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year." His 2000 book, "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States," received the Beveridge Prize from the American Historical Association and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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