A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects (eBook)

Mark Berry (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
240 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9647-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Explore the history of ocean liners through the objects that bring them to life. Liners represented the ambitions of their nations in peace and war; their design, interiors and fittings incorporated the finest contemporary technological and artistic features. In peacetime they carried celebrities, vacationers and emigrants; while in war they carried thousands of troops – and then war brides seeking new lives. A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects takes in evolving technology, supreme luxury and fine cuisine, as well as hardship and the burning hope for a better life. There is peril, disaster and death, international pride and competition, glory and war. The objects tell a fascinating story, showing how the functional sea voyage has evolved from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to the huge cruise industry we have today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: boat building • boatbuilding • Construction • cruise ships • Engineering • liners • Maritime History • maritime history, ocean liners, cruise ships, liners, objects, Mauretania, Normandie, voyages, construction, boat building, boatbuilding, engineering, ss waratah • Mauretania • Normandie • objects • Ocean liners • ss waratah • voyages
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9647-1 / 0750996471
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9647-1 / 9780750996471