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Vernacular in Curves: The Mythologizing of the Great Lakes Whaleback

dc.access.optionOpen Access
dc.contributor.advisorRodgers, Bradley A
dc.contributor.authorLengieza, Joseph Thaddeus
dc.contributor.departmentHistory
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-25T20:32:04Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T14:23:39Z
dc.date.created2016-05
dc.date.issued2016-05-03
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2016-05-25T18:25:48Z
dc.degree.departmentHistory
dc.degree.disciplineMA-Maritime Studies
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.A.
dc.description.abstractThe "whaleback" type of bulk commodity freighter, indigenous to the Great Lakes of North America at the end of the nineteenth century, has engendered much notice for its novel appearance; however, this appearance masks the essential vernacularity of the vessel. Comparative disposition analysis reveals that whalebacks experienced longevity comparable to contemporary Great Lakes freighter of similar construction material and size, implying that popular narrative overstates whaleback abnormality. Market and social forces which contributed to the rise and fall of the whaleback type are explored.
dc.embargo.lift2018-05-25
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/5333
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subject.lcshWhalebacks--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.subject.lcshCargo ships
dc.titleVernacular in Curves: The Mythologizing of the Great Lakes Whaleback
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
dc.type.materialtext

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