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"Steamship Nationalism is a cultural, social, and political history of the S.S. Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck. Transatlantic passenger steamships launched by the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) between 1912 and 1914, they do not enjoy the international fame of their British counterparts, most notably the Titanic. Yet the Imperator-class liners were the largest, most luxurious passenger vessels built before the First World War. In keeping with the often-overlooked history of its merchant marine as a whole, they reveal much about Imperial Germany in its national and international dimensions. As products of business decisions shaped by global dynamics and the imperatives of international travel, immigration, and trade, HAPAG's giant liners bear witness to Germany's involvement in the processes of globalization prior to 1914. Yet this book focuses not on their physical, but on their cultural construction in a variety of contemporaneous media, including the press and advertising, on both sides of the Atlantic. At home, they were presented to the public as symbolic of the nation's achievements and ambitions in ways that emphasize the complex nature of German national identity at the time. Abroad, they were often construed as floating national monuments and, as such, facilitated important encounters with Germany, both virtual and real, for the populations of Britain and America. Their overseas reception highlights the multi-faceted image of the European superpower that was constructed in the Anglo-American world in these years. More generally, it is a pointed indicator of the complex relationship between Britain, the United States, and Imperial Germany"--

Ocean liners --- Steamboat lines --- Nationalism --- Steamship lines --- Ocean travel --- Shipping --- Liners --- Oceanliners --- Passenger ships --- History --- Germany --- Foreign relations

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A comprehensive account of the Elder Dempster Company's activities in West Africa

Steamboat lines --- History. --- Elder Dempster Lines Ltd. --- Great Britain --- Africa, West --- Commerce --- Steamship lines --- Ocean travel --- Shipping --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa

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"Explores the development of the commercial shipping industry along the Yangzi River in the context of semi-colonialism and its impact on state and economy in late imperial and Republican China"--Provided by the publisher.

Steamboat lines --- Shipping --- Colonial companies --- Yangtze River --- History. --- Government ownership --- History --- China --- Foreign relations. --- Commercial companies --- Companies, Colonial --- Merchant companies --- Colonization --- Commerce --- Marine shipping --- Marine transportation --- Maritime shipping --- Ocean --- Ocean traffic --- Ocean transportation --- Sea transportation --- Shipping industry --- Water transportation --- Communication and traffic --- Marine service --- Transportation --- Merchant marine --- Steamship lines --- Ocean travel --- Economic aspects