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America and the sea
America's maritime museums
American maritime heritage
American maritime history
American maritime museum founders
American studies academics
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coastal community preservation
coastal heritage institutions
coastal museum funding challenges
commercial maritime decline
cultural heritage scholars
cultural institutions and the sea
cultural memory of shipping
cultural preservation at sea
East India Marine Society
East India Marine Society history
East India Marine Society legacy
economic impact of harbors
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harbor cities' historic transformation
harbor museums America
heritage-based economic renewal
historic ships and museums
historic waterfront revitalization
historical shipping industries
history of American shipping industry
history of maritime exhibitions
history of private maritime museums
Institutional & Funding Issues
marine economy history
maritime activism movements
maritime artifacts and exhibits
maritime cultural institutions
maritime economic redevelopment projects
maritime education U.S.
maritime heritage Lindgren
maritime heritage policy gaps
maritime heritage preservation
maritime history and identity
maritime history research resources
maritime history scholars
maritime museum book
maritime museum history
maritime museum sustainability
maritime museums in the U.S.
maritime philanthropy in the U.S.
maritime power and decline
museum curators
museum funding challenges
museum narratives of the sea
museum solvency strategies
museum studies professionals
museums and national identity
nautical education and outreach
nautical heritage tourism
naval heritage institutions
naval historians
naval museums America
naval tradition in the United States
New York harbor culture
New York seaport museum
ocean as formative environment
ocean environment and national identity
ocean history in the U.S.
oceanic commerce and empire
oceanic heritage interpretation
port authority and civic activism
port city redevelopment
preservation of historic ships
preservation of seafaring traditions
preservation professionals
Preserving Maritime America
preserving maritime heritage
preserving nautical heritage
private vs public maritime museums
public historians
public history of the sea
public neglect of maritime history
regional maritime museums
rise and fall of maritime commerce
role of museums in preserving seafaring culture
Salem maritime history
Salem maritime legacy
San Francisco Maritime Museum
San Francisco waterfront history
sea power and national identity
sea trade legacy
sea-based historical institutions
seafaring and American identity
seafaring culture in America
seaport community engagement
ship museums United States
shipbuilding history of America
shipping and commerce evolution
shipwreck preservation initiatives
South Street Seaport development
South Street Seaport Museum
U.S. as sea
U.S. maritime institutions history
U.S. seafaring past
Product details
- ISBN 9781625344632
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2019
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countries have established national museums to nurture their seagoing traditions, America has left that responsibility to private institutions. In this first-of-its-kind history, James M. Lindgren focuses on a half-dozen of these great museums, ranging from Salem's East India Marine Society, founded in 1799, to San Francisco's Maritime Museum and New York's South Street Seaport Museum, which were established in recent decades.
Begun by activists with unique agendas -- whether overseas empire, economic redevelopment, or cultural preservation -- these museums have displayed the nation's complex interrelationship with the sea. Yet they all faced chronic shortfalls, as policymakers, corporations, and everyday citizens failed to appreciate the oceans' formative environment. Preserving Maritime America shows how these institutions shifted course to remain solvent and relevant and demonstrates how their stories tell of the nation's rise and decline as a commercial maritime power.
Begun by activists with unique agendas -- whether overseas empire, economic redevelopment, or cultural preservation -- these museums have displayed the nation's complex interrelationship with the sea. Yet they all faced chronic shortfalls, as policymakers, corporations, and everyday citizens failed to appreciate the oceans' formative environment. Preserving Maritime America shows how these institutions shifted course to remain solvent and relevant and demonstrates how their stories tell of the nation's rise and decline as a commercial maritime power.
James M. Lindgren is professor of history at the State University of New York Plattsburgh.
