What is it about?
This overview examines government efforts to build wooden merchant ships on the West Coast of North America during the First World War, from a trans-border and organizational perspective
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Why is it important?
Regional studies added to overall knowledge of national naval procurement programs and the impact on local economies and the home front during wartime.
Perspectives
I hope other scholars, researchers, and students find this comparative overview useful in their own work.
Dr Chris Madsen
Canadian Forces College
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This page is a summary of: Pacific advantage: Wooden shipbuilding in British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon during the First World War, International Journal of Maritime History, February 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0843871416678172.
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