The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress
New Bedford, Chicago and the Twilight of an Industry
Seiten
2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8215-0 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8215-0 (ISBN)
The whaling bark Progress was an authentic whaler transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. This book uses the story of Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America.
The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.
The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.
Daniel Gifford, Ph.D.’s career spans academia and public history, including George Mason University, George Washington University, and the Smithsonian Institution. A scholar of American popular culture and museums studies, he currently teaches at several universities near his home in Louisville, Kentucky.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
One. New Bedford—June 8, 1892
Two. New Bedford, 1851
Three. Somewhere in the South Atlantic, 1858
Four. New Bedford, 1865
Five. The Arctic, 1871
Six. New Bedford, 1880
Seven. Chicago, 1892
Eight. Lake Ontario, 1892
Nine. Chicago, 1892
Ten. New Bedford, 1904
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.06.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 28 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 277 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8215-1 / 1476682151 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8215-0 / 9781476682150 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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