Steam titans : Cunard, Collins, and the epic battle for commerce on the North Atlantic / by William M Fowler Jr. . New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE945 A2 F69 2017
Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-350) and index.
Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878
Cunard, Samuel, Sir, 1787-1865
Collins Line
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd
Merchant marine — North Atlantic Ocean — Biography
Steamboat lines — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Shipping — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Steamboats — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
United States — Commerce — 19th century
Great Britain — Commerce — 19th century
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The merchants of Halifax 1815-1850 : a commercial class in pursuit of metropolitan status / by David Alexander Sutherland. 1975. ix, 516 pages : maps.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Microfilm S966 M554
Merchants — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Halifax N.S. — Commerce — History.
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An address to the people of British America : upon subjects relating to the progress of the people and the improvement of the country / by Dr. A. McDonald. A. McDonald, 1853. 32 pages ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 M14 - Akins
Published by the author. Tables.
History — 1841-1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867
Canada — Commerce — United States
United States — Commerce — Canada.
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Volumes not values : Canadian sailing ships and world trades : proceedings of the third conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, April 19-April 21 1979 / edited by David Alexander, Rosemary Ommer. St. John's : Maritime History Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1979. 373 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM27 A881 V943
Alexander, David, 1939-
Ommer, Rosemary.
Atlantic Canada Shipping Project.
Shipping — Canada — History — Congresses
Shipping — Atlantic Ocean — History — Congresses
Commerce — History — Congresses.
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The records of American business / edited by James M. O'Toole. Chicago : Society of American Archivists, 1997. xvii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 245 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HF5736 R3625 1997
Business records — Management — United States
Business enterprises — Archives — United States
Corporations — United States
Archives — Administration — United States
United States — Commerce — History &#
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Voices of business : a history of commerce in Halifax, 1750-2000 / Brian Cuthbertson. Halifax : Metropolitan Halifax Chamber of Commerce, 2000. vi, 78 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HF3230 H3 C48 2000
Metro Halifax Chamber of Commerce
Cuthbertson, Brian Craig Uniacke.
Halifax (N.S.) — Commerce — History
Halifax Metropolitan Area (N.S.) — Commerce — History.
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Fish out of water : the Newfoundland saltfish trade 1814-1914 / Shannon Ryan. St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater Books, 1986. xxvii, 320 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD9464 C33 N48 1985
Includes index.
Fish trade — Newfoundland — History
Fish, Salted — Economic aspects — Newfoundland
Cod-fisheries — Economic aspects — Newfoundland
Newfoundland — Commerce — History.
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Ships and seafarers of Atlantic Canada / The Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. St. John's, Newfoundland : Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. 1 computer optical disc : illustrations ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 S4 S55 1998
These databases were created for the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, a large scale research project undertaken by the Maritime History Group at Memorial University of Newfoundland, to study the rise and decline of the shipping industry of Atlantic Canada. This project, which ran from 1976 to 1983, was funded the the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Memorial university.
Atlantic Canada Shipping Project
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Group
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime Studies Research Unit.
Shipping — Canada — History
Merchant marine — Canada — History
Merchant mariners — Atlantic Provinces
Shipping — Atlantic Provinces — History
Canada — Commerce — History.
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Excessive expectations : maritime commerce and the economic development of Nova Scotia, 1740-1870 / Julian Gwyn. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. xvi, 291 pages, [10] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC117 N8 G89 1998
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — To 1867
Nova Scotia — Commerce — History.
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Le commerce entre la Nouvelle-France et les Antilles au XVIIIe siècle / Jacques Mathieu. Montréal : Fides, 1981. xxii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC370 C734 M431 1981 - Open Shelf
Comprend un index.
New France — Commerce — West Indies — History
France — Colonies — Commerce — History
Nouvelle-France — Commerce — Antilles — Histoire
Antilles — Commerce — Nouvelle-France — Histoire
Fran
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Canso trade, 1720-1744 / Judith Tulloch. Ottawa : Environment Canada, Parks, 1987. 21 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 R432 no.253 - Open Shelf
Issued also in French under title: Le commerce à Canso.
Commerce — Nova Scotia — Canso — History
Fisheries — Nova Scotia — Canso — History
Canso (N.S.) — History.
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Atlantic empires of France and Spain : Louisbourg and Havana, 1700-1763 / John Robert McNeill. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1985. xvii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1799 H357 M36 1985
Includes index.
Havana (Cuba) — History
Louisbourg (N.S.) — History
Havana (Cuba) — Commerce — History — 18th century
Louisbourg (N.S.) — Commerce — History — 18th century.
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A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies / by the Abbé Raynal ; newly translated from the French by J.O. Justamond. 2nd ed. London : A. Strahan, 1798. 6 v. : front. ( port.) 7 fold. maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F30 R21
Justamond, J. O. (John Obadiah), d. 1786.
Colonization — History
Commerce — History
East Indies
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Trade ornament usage among the native peoples of Canada : a source book / Karlis Karklins. Ottawa : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada, 1992. 244 pages : illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E78 C2 K37 1992
Issued also in French under title: Les parures de traite chez les peuples autochtones du Canada.
Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Sites.
First Nations of North America — Canada — Costume and adornment
Inuit — Canada — Costume and adornment
First Nations of North America — Canada — Commerce — History
Inuit — Canada — Commerce — History
Indians o
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The colonial merchants and the American revolution, 1763-1776 / by Arthur Meier Schlesinger. New York : Atheneum, 1968. 647 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E215 S34
United States — Commerce — History
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Causes.
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Archives de la ville de Québec
Guide des archives commerciales de Québec / Division des archives, Service du greffe, Ville de Québec ; préparé par Marie-Josée Courchesne, Monique Deschênes, Christian Duquette. Québec : La Ville, 1991-. viii, 155 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CD3620 Q3 G946
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155 and index.
Courchesne, Marie-Josée
Deschênes, Monique
Duquette, Christian, 1957-
Business enterprises — Quebec (Province) — Québec — Archives — Catalogs
Business enterprises — Quebec (Province) — Québec — History — Sources
Québec (Quebec) — Commerce — Archival resources.
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