The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914

by Boyd Cothran and Adrian Shubert

It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel--in a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping economic transformation, and social change. This fascinating work of global history offers a vividly detailed and engaging narrative of globalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469676559
• ISBN13: 9781469676555
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"