Project Gutenberg 2009-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 120 Codman, John 1814 1900 05019466 Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade Produced by Bryan Ness, C. St. Charleskindt and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade" by John Codman is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work addresses the decline of the American carrying trade and critiques the restrictive navigation laws that Codman argues hindered the growth of American shipbuilding and ownership. The author offers a detailed examination of the political and economic factors that contributed to this decline and advocates for the repeal of these laws in favor of a more open and competitive market. In this book, Codman passionately argues that the protectionist policies established to support American shipbuilders have ultimately led to the detriment of the American maritime commerce. He illustrates how these laws not only failed to achieve their intended purpose but also forced American shipowners to rely on foreign vessels for trade. Codman provides a comprehensive analysis of the failures of previous government investigations into American commerce and blames both negligence and manipulation by shipbuilders for the loss of American shipping dominance. Through rigorous examples and historical references, he makes a compelling case for transitioning to a model that embraces free trade to revitalize the decimated American carrying trade. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Merchant marine -- United States HE Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 104773 104782 2024-09-12T10:17:58.225410 2023-09-12T13:18:49.523637 text/html text/html 103577 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 33629 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 96813 2024-09-12T10:18:02.596372 application/epub+zip 96502 2024-09-12T10:17:59.750360 application/epub+zip 96502 2024-09-12T10:17:58.834388 application/epub+zip 234541 2024-09-12T10:18:04.775385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224736 2024-09-12T10:18:01.952353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151426 2022-09-13T10:43:19.445981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 81271 81047 2024-09-12T10:17:57.860404 2023-09-12T13:18:49.185598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 81130 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30457 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 81121 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30441 2021-01-05T01:40:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20063 2024-09-12T10:18:04.912358 application/rdf+xml 20102 2024-09-12T10:17:59.184376 image/jpeg 4461 2024-09-12T10:17:59.007371 image/jpeg 95927 2024-09-12T10:17:58.234391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog