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Coal, Steam and Ships - Engineering, Enterprise and Empire on the Nineteenth-Century Seas (Hardcover)
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Coal, Steam and Ships - Engineering, Enterprise and Empire on the Nineteenth-Century Seas (Hardcover)
Series: Science in History
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Crosbie Smith explores the trials and tribulations of
first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers,
proprietors and the public. Eyewitness accounts show in rich detail
how these enterprises engineered their ships, constructed
empire-wide systems of steam navigation and won or lost public
confidence in the process. Controlling recalcitrant elements within
and around steamship systems, however, presented constant
challenges to company managers as they attempted to build trust and
confidence. Managers thus wrestled to control shipbuilding and
marine engine-making, coal consumption, quality and supply,
shipboard discipline, religious readings, relations with the
Admiralty and government, anxious proprietors, and the media -
especially following a disaster or accident. Emphasizing
interconnections between maritime history, the history of
engineering and Victorian culture, Smith's innovative history of
early ocean steamships reveals the fraught uncertainties of
Victorian life on the seas.
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