American Commercial Maritime History: 1500 To Present

MNST-7101-1

Maritime College

  • Semester
    Spring 2025
  • Instructor
    Ira Breskin
  • Start Date
    01-27-2025
  • Total Credits
    3
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This course examines the history and growth of American commercial shipping and its influence on foreign policy and economic development. The course also will examine how the American merchant marine industry helped shape the nation€™s emergence as a world power. Commercial shipping€™s role in the development of the American colonies, the effects of commercial shipping (including privateering) on the American Revolution and subsequent wars, relevant admiralty and salvage law, marine insurance, continued challenges faced by American shipbuilders and the critical role of organized labor in the American shipping industry will be examined. Corequisite: MNST 6001.
Course Area: Humanities
Level: Graduate
Dates: 01-27-2025 - 05-16-2025
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Instructor: Ira Breskin
Local Course ID: 25SP_MAR_MNST7101_01
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