Change and Adaptation in Maritime History The North Atlantic Fleets in The Nineteenth Century

• Main Authors: Fischer, Lewis R., Panting, Gerald
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Canada; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/13401/; https://research.library.mun.ca/13401/1/ChangeandAdaptationinMaritimeHistoryTheNorthAtlanticFleetsinTheNineteenthCentury1985.pdf

This is the sixth and final volume of papers stemming from the annual workshops of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Having examined such diverse topics as shipping entrepreneurs, maritime labor, the regional context, and world trades in previous volumes, this collection is concerned with trying to understand the forces which influenced the major fleets plying the North Atlantic in the last half of the nineteenth century. Participants were requested to focus on the ways in which entrepreneurs and governments reacted toward North Atlantic Shipping in an age of unprecedented growth and change. In addition, the workshop attempted to examine the various ways in which nations succeeded or failed in making the transition from sail to steam.