Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships - Couverture rigide

Fox, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060195959 ISBN 13 : 9780060195953

Editeur : Harper, 2003

Synopsis

A stirring narrative of the rapid development of the great transatlantic steamships, from paddle-wheelers to the sleek luxury greyhounds of the modern era -- and the men who designed and ran them.

During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants to transform the United States.

In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built. Set against the classic tension of modern technology contending with a formidable natural environment, the story is rife with disasters. The key element is steam power: the universal, magical, transforming microchip of the nineteenth century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Fox, a freelance historian, is the author of five previous books. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060195959
• ISBN 13: 9780060195953
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible