Download or read book The Rise and Decline of U.S. Merchant Shipping in the Twentieth Century written by René De La Pedraja Tomán and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American business history and a secure grasp of how U.S. industry functions in a competitive and often volatile domestic and international setting.