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American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941

Autor David H. Grover
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 noi 1992 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This work describes the activities of a handful of American companies and about eighty American captains who were trying to run ships on China's great river during the treacherous days between the two world wars. The considerable physical dangers of the Yangtze itself were compounded by the greater human hazards imposed by constant fighting among warlords, piracy, brigandry, kidnapping, opium and munitions smuggling, corruption, seizures, and other forms of intimidation. The events recall--and surpass--anything of the Wild West in American frontier history. No American steamship company survived longer than twelve years in this environment, but Standard Oil, which was sheltered from the worst of the violence, was able to operate its ships throughout the entire period.More than a naval/military, or even economic, history, this book is also a commentary on a significant but largely unsuccessful American commercial venture overseas--one that was eventually scuttled by the actions of the Chinese and the American companies themselves. Ship buffs, maritime historians, students of the evolution of modern China, and those interested in American commercial history will find this study useful and entertaining.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275943370
ISBN-10: 0275943372
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

DAVID H. GROVER, a 1945 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, spent several years at sea as a merchant marine and naval officer. Later, he went to graduate school and became a university teacher. He was also Academic Dean of the California Maritime Academy. Now retired, he has published numerous articles and four books--two of western American history and two of maritime history.

Cuprins

The ArenaThe Yangtze as FrontierA Yangtze SamplerAntecedent Years: Steam Navigation on the Yangtze, 1860-1920Yangtze Kiang: Geography and Natural SettingAmerican Ship Operations on the Yangtze RiverThe PlayersStandard Oil Company of New YorkThe Dollar LineYangtze Rapid Steamship CompanyThe Other CompaniesConvoys and Armed Guards: The Navy and Merchant ShipsThe ContestsDemons, Shipwrecks, and SalvagePiracyOpium and Other ContrabandThe CrisesThe Communists' Kidnapping of Captain Charles BakerThe Japanese and the Panay Convoy IncidentEpilogue; The Passing of the Far FrontierBibliographyIndex