Industrializing American Shipbuilding.Industrializing American Shipbuilding William H. Thiesen University Press of Florida University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , 15 Northwest 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 0813029406 $55.00 1-800-226-3822 www.upf.com Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation of Ship Design and Construction, 1820-1920 is an in-depth presentation of how the art, craft, and tradition of shipbuilding evolved in America over the course of a century. As common, nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding gradually became replaced by scientific methods, often driven by the pressures of war and increasingly powerful warships, so did the American Shipbuilding industry Noun 1. shipbuilding industry - an industry that builds ships industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships have to transform and adapt. A story of the intersection between culture, increased demands, and technology, Industrializing American Shipbuilding is a deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. researched and presented treatise A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as Criminal Law or Land-Use Control. Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes. on the realities of change, featuring black-and-white photographs and extensive notes which belie be·lie tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies 1. To picture falsely; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" James Joyce. the immense amount of meticulous research and attention to detail. |
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