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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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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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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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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