The way of the ship : America's maritime history re-envisioned, 1600-2000 / Alex Ronald, W. Jeffrey Bolster, Alexander Keyssar

PART I: WHEN SHIPPING WAS KING: COLONIAL SHIPPING AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA, 1600-1783
Chapter 1. The Colonies and the Sea
Chapter 2. Richard Hakluyt's Maritime Plantations
Chapter 3. John Winthrop's Godly Society by the Sea
Chapter 4. Codfish, Timber, and Profit
Chapter 5. An Infant Industry
Chapter 6. The Shipping Business in 1700
Chapter 7. The Eclipse of Boston
Chapter 8. The Coastal Trade
Chapter 9. The Sailor's Life
Chapter 10: War and Transformation
PART II: A WORLD WITHIN THEMSELVES: THE GOLDEN AGE AND THE RISE OF INLAND SHIPPING, 1783-1861
Chapter 11. A Tale of Two Ports
Chapter 12. Robert Livingston and the Art of the Deal
Chapter 13. Robert Fulton and the Art of Steaming
Chapter 14. The War of 1812
Chapter 15. Henry Shreve and the Taming of the River
Chapter 16. DeWitt Clinton and the Canal Craze
Chapter 17. Rushing to San Francisco
Chapter 18. Steam, Speed, Schedule: A Business Model for the Golden Age
Chapter 19. Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Growth of Infrastructure
PART III: MARITIME INDUSTRY AND LABOR IN THE GILDED AGE, 1861-1914
Chapter 20. The Hinge of War
Chapter 21. Anaconda, Anyone?
Chapter 22. Benjamin Franklin Isherwood and the Industrialization of Ship Production
Chapter 23. The Alabama and Commerce War
Chapter 24. Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Rise of the Railroad
Chapter 25. Marcus Hanna and the growth of Heartland Shipping
Chapter 26. John Lynch and the Quest for National Maritime Policy
Chapter 27. John Roach and the New Shipbuilding
Chapter 28. West Coast Shipping and the Rise of Maritime Labor
Chapter 29. Andrew Furuseth, The Unions, and the Law
Chapter 30. Ships, Steel, and More Labor
PART IV: THE WEIGHT OF WAR, 1905-1956
Chapter 31. Mahan, Roosevelt, and the Seaborne Empire
Chapter 32. War and Woodrow Wilson
Chapter 33. Robert Dollar and the Business of Shipping, 1920-1929
Chapter 34. A Tale of Two Harrys: The Radicalization of West Coast Labor
Chapter 35. Hugo Black and Direct Subsidy, 1935-1941
Chapter 36. Henry Bacon and War in the Atlantic, 1941-1945
Chapter 37. Henry Kaiser and War in the Pacific, 1941-1945
Chapter 8. Edward Stettinius and Flags of Convenience
PART V: MEGASHIP: THE RISE OF THE INVISIBLE, AUTOMATED MASS CARRIER, 1956-2000
Chapter 39. Daniel K. Ludwig and the Giant Ships
Chapter 40. Malcom McLean and the Container Revolution
Chapter 41. Farewell the Finger Pier: The Changing Face of Ports
Chapter 42. The Shrinking Giant: Maritime Labor Confronts Mechanization and Automation
Chapter 43. Richard Nixon and the Quest for National Maritime Policy
Chapter 44. Hot Wars and Cold
Chapter 45. Ted Arison and the Fun Cruise for Thousands
Chapter 46. Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix A: World and U.S. Commercial Vessels
Appendix B: Value of U.S. Waterborne Cargo, 1790-1994
Appendix C: Maritime Labor, 1925-2000
Appendix D: U.S. Shipbuilding, 1769-1969.
Includes bibliographical references and index.