Technology as a Factor in the Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Industry, 1900-1945
Description:
To show how mass-production principles and welding in shipbuilding altered the economic conditions along the Gulf coast, this investigation relied on a chronological narrative to illustrate the importance of timing in addition to identifying the significant factors causing the changes. The account begins with a description of the Gulf coast shipyards during World War I and ends shortly after World War II. The necessary factors for Gulf coast participation in shipbuilding are developed in two ch…
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Date:
August 1980
Creator:
Peebles, Robert H. (Robert Houston)
Partner:
UNT Libraries