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Author Armstrong, John.
Title The impact of technological change : the early steamship in Britain / John Armstrong and David M. Williams.
Alternative Title Early steamship in Britain
Publication Info St. John's, Newfoundland : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2011.


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Descript v, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents British steam navigation, 1812 to the 1850s: a bibliographical and historiographical review -- Some official listings of "vessels navigated by steam" in Britain up to 1851: evidence and interpretation -- The steamboat, safety and the state: govenment reaction to new technology in a period of laissez-faire -- The steamboat and popular tourism -- The Thames and recreation, 1815-1840 -- Steam shipping and the beginnings of overseas tourism: British travel to North Western Europe, 1820-1850 -- Techological advence and innovation: the diffusion of the early steamship in the United Kingdom, 1812-1834 -- The steamship as an agent of modernisation, 1812-1840 -- "A new and very modern business:" the traffic and operations of the early steamship -- Promotion, speculation and their outcome: the "steamship mania" of 1824-1825 -- The perception and understanding of new technology: a failed attempt to establish Transatlamtic steamship liner services, 1824-1828 -- The "Norwich explosion" of 1817: a local tragedy of national significance -- Early steamboat services and their impact in North Wales, 1817-1840s -- The beginnings of a new technology: the constructors of early steamboats, 1812-1822.
ISBN 9780986497377
0986497371
ISSN 1188-3928
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Author Armstrong, John.
Series Research in maritime history ; no.47
Subject Steamboat lines -- Great Britain -- History.
Steamboats -- Great Britain -- History.
Alt author Williams, David M.
International Maritime Economic History Association.
Alternative Title Early steamship in Britain
Descript v, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents British steam navigation, 1812 to the 1850s: a bibliographical and historiographical review -- Some official listings of "vessels navigated by steam" in Britain up to 1851: evidence and interpretation -- The steamboat, safety and the state: govenment reaction to new technology in a period of laissez-faire -- The steamboat and popular tourism -- The Thames and recreation, 1815-1840 -- Steam shipping and the beginnings of overseas tourism: British travel to North Western Europe, 1820-1850 -- Techological advence and innovation: the diffusion of the early steamship in the United Kingdom, 1812-1834 -- The steamship as an agent of modernisation, 1812-1840 -- "A new and very modern business:" the traffic and operations of the early steamship -- Promotion, speculation and their outcome: the "steamship mania" of 1824-1825 -- The perception and understanding of new technology: a failed attempt to establish Transatlamtic steamship liner services, 1824-1828 -- The "Norwich explosion" of 1817: a local tragedy of national significance -- Early steamboat services and their impact in North Wales, 1817-1840s -- The beginnings of a new technology: the constructors of early steamboats, 1812-1822.
ISBN 9780986497377
0986497371
ISSN 1188-3928
Author Armstrong, John.
Series Research in maritime history ; no.47
Subject Steamboat lines -- Great Britain -- History.
Steamboats -- Great Britain -- History.
Alt author Williams, David M.
International Maritime Economic History Association.
Alternative Title Early steamship in Britain
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  D 1 R22(47)  8 WEEK LOAN  DUE 17-05-24

Subject Steamboat lines -- Great Britain -- History.
Steamboats -- Great Britain -- History.
Descript v, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents British steam navigation, 1812 to the 1850s: a bibliographical and historiographical review -- Some official listings of "vessels navigated by steam" in Britain up to 1851: evidence and interpretation -- The steamboat, safety and the state: govenment reaction to new technology in a period of laissez-faire -- The steamboat and popular tourism -- The Thames and recreation, 1815-1840 -- Steam shipping and the beginnings of overseas tourism: British travel to North Western Europe, 1820-1850 -- Techological advence and innovation: the diffusion of the early steamship in the United Kingdom, 1812-1834 -- The steamship as an agent of modernisation, 1812-1840 -- "A new and very modern business:" the traffic and operations of the early steamship -- Promotion, speculation and their outcome: the "steamship mania" of 1824-1825 -- The perception and understanding of new technology: a failed attempt to establish Transatlamtic steamship liner services, 1824-1828 -- The "Norwich explosion" of 1817: a local tragedy of national significance -- Early steamboat services and their impact in North Wales, 1817-1840s -- The beginnings of a new technology: the constructors of early steamboats, 1812-1822.
Alt author Williams, David M.
International Maritime Economic History Association.
ISBN 9780986497377
0986497371
ISSN 1188-3928
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