The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress: New Bedford, Chicago and the Twilight of an Industry - Couverture souple

Gifford, Daniel

 
9781476682150: The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress: New Bedford, Chicago and the Twilight of an Industry
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1476682151 ISBN 13 : 9781476682150
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2020

Synopsis

The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.

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À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Gifford, Ph.D.'s career spans academia and public history, including George Mason University, George Washington University, and the Smithsonian Institution. A scholar of American popular culture and museums studies, he currently teaches at several universities near his home in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476682151
ISBN 13 
9781476682150
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
204
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Personne responsable
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