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Aaseng, Nathan. The Titanic. Building History Series. San Diego: Lucent, 1999, 96 pp. Juvenile literature; design & building.
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Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster, shipbuilding, ship design, juvenile literature, children's, junior, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology
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Abell, Westcott Stile. The Shipwright's Trade. Cambridge: Cambridge UP; Jamaica: Caravan, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1981, xiii, 218 pp. Folio; development of shipbuilding; superficial.
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shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Acerra, Martine, Merino, Jose & Meyer, Jean, eds. Les Marines de guerre europeennes, XVII-XVIIIe siecles. Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1985, 436 pp. Essays, come cited; colloquium, Paris-Sorbonne, Sept 1984: naval architecture; British shipbuilding & maintenance during French wars; French naval vessels as privateers; development of naval tactics; blockade of Brest; French naval strategy; naval patronage; Louisbourg; French nautical science & Baltic naval operations in the 18th century; extraordinary group of essayists: N.A.M. Rodger, Roger Knight, James Pritchard, A.N. Ryan, Brian Lavery, D.J. Lyon, J.S. Bromley, Jose Merino, Patrick Villiers & Jan Glete.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-French; architecture; association; Baltic; blockade; commerce; historian; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, blockade, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, historian, history, historical, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect
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Acerra, Martine. Rochefort et la construction navale francaise, 1661-1815. 4 vols. Paris: Libraire de l'Inde, 1993, 930 pp. Synthesis, French naval administration, shipbuilding, technology.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; Anglo-French; architecture; shipbuilding; technology;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Acworth, Bernard. Britain in Danger: An Examination of Our Navy. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937, xiv, 288 pp. Retired Captain, RN; analysis & critique of naval construction & propulsion policies.
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architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, propulsion , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, interwar
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Adams, Simon L. "New Light on the 'Reformation' of John Hawkins: Notes and Documents." EnHR, 105 (January 1990): 96-111. Documents from Huntington Library; Hawkins, Treasurer of Navy, 1577-1595; confirmation of his initiatives in preparation of fleet, early 1580s, new building & repairs.
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16th C. (1500-1599); Anglo-Spanish; critique of Royal Navy; dockyard; Imperial Defence; personality; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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16th century, sixteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Adney, Edwin Tappan & Chapelle, Howard I. Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. New York: Sterling, 2007, 242 pp.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); coastal vessel; Colonial America; nautical archaeology; ship; shipbuilding;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , ship, boat, vessel, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, 17th century, seventeenth
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, ix, 435 pp. Foreword: Benjamin Labaree; coverage of over 150 ships.
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age of sail; age of steam; architecture; merchant marine; ship; ship of the line; shipbuilding;
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age of sail, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, merchant marine
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.
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Admiralty; age of sail; architecture; Baltic; Colonial America; commerce; diplomacy; logistics; sea power; ship; shipbuilding; trade;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard, ed. The Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914. Studies in Industrial Enterprise. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1968, 384 pp. Essays,, some cited; e.g., mercantile marine at the time: largest & most powerful in the world, one-third of world tonnage & one-half of steam fleet; by 1914, 85% built since 1895; in this period, Germany chief competitor.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-German; architecture; commerce; enterprise; merchant marine; shipbuilding; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "The Depression in British Shipping, 1901-1911." J Trans His,8 (1965).
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20th century, twentieth, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Samuel Plimsoll and the Shipping Interest." Maritime History, 1 (April 1971): 73-95. Problem of "crimps," process whereby British owners exploited merchant seamen.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; merchant marine; personality; seaman; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderton, Tony & Winchester, Nik. "Regulation, Representation and the Flag Market." J Mar Res (10 September 2002). Role of flag state.
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merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Alexander, Michael Van Cleave. Charles I's Lord Treasurer: Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland (1577-1635). Chapel Hill: NCUP, 1975, xvi, 261 pp. Foreword: A.L. Rowse; leading member of Board of Admiralty, 1628; period of rotting ships, waste & corruption.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; personality; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Frederick J. & Kelly, Roy Willmarth. The Shipbuilding Industy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918, 300 pp. Intro: Charles M. Schwab.
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19th century, nineteenth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Allen, Matthew. "The Employment of Untried Technology: British Naval Tactics in the Ironclad Era." War in History, 15 (July 2008): 269-93. Gun, ram, torpedo; gun prevailed.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of steam; gunnery; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; tactics; technology; torpedo; weapons;
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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of steam, gunnery, gun, weapon , propulsion , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, tactics, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, torpedo, underwater weapon, propelled weapon, weapon, arms trade
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Amphlett, Clive & Woolley, Douglas John Faulkner. Titanic: One Man's Dream: Douglas John Faulkner Woolley: A Biography. Ilford: Seawise, 1998, vi, 110 pp. Diving information: S.J. Bilsby; curious, conflicting, trite, bizarre; dedicated to dog.
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20th century, twentieth, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , voyage
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An Apology for English Ship-Builders: Showing that It Is Not Necessary the Country Should Look to the Navy for Naval Architects. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833, 48 pp. Response to First Lord about Surveyor of Navy, June 1832.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; architecture; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Anderdon, Roger Charles. "Comparative Naval Architecture, 1670-1720." MM, 7 (1921): 38-45.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; architecture; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Anderson, Roger Charles, ed. A Treatise on Rigging. Society for Nautical Researh Occasional Publication Series, # 2. London: SNR, 1921, 18 pp. From MSS, 1625, at Petworth House.
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age of sail; architecture; association; seamanship; shipbuilding;
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age of sail, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |