Author: Neil McCart
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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ATLANTIC LINERS CUNA
Author: Neil McCart
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The Cunard Turbine-driven Quadruple-screw Atlantic Liner "Lusitania"
Author: Mark D. Warren
Publisher: P. Stephens
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Publisher: P. Stephens
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Rivalry on the Atlantic
Author: William Mack Angas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steamboats
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steamboats
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Famous Ocean Liners
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN:
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
History of 20th century passenger ships including the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Mauretania, Normandie, and the United States.
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN:
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
History of 20th century passenger ships including the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Mauretania, Normandie, and the United States.
Great Passenger Ships of the World
Author: Arnold Kludas
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Custom House Guide
Author:
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Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
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Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
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Achievement
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
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Publisher:
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Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
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Cat's Cradle
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307567273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307567273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
A Farewell to Alms
Author: Gregory Clark
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400827817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400827817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.
Trade and Industry
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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