A new history of yachting / by Bender, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Stirrings and beginnings -- Restoration yachting and its purposes -- The development of yachting in the eighteenth century, part one : the seaside towns -- The development of yachting in the eighteenth century, part two : yachting in Boom Time London -- The Landed Gentry take up yachting -- The slow expansion of yachting in Britain, 1815-1870 -- The development of yachting in Ireland and the colonies -- The enthusiastic adoption of yachting by the mercantile and professional classes after 1870, part one : the new men -- The enthusiastic adoption of yachting by the mercantile and professional classes after 1870, part two : a philosophy of yachting for the new men -- The golden age of yachting, 1880-1900, part one : the rich -- The golden age of yachting, 1880-1900, part two : small boats and women sailors -- Between the wars -- 1945-1965 : home-built dinghies and going offshore -- Yachting's third 'golden period' : of heroes and heroines; of families and marinas, 1965-1990 -- The summer before the dark : yachting in post-modern times, 1990-2007 -- After the crash -- Epilogue : fair winds.…”
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A new history of yachting / by Bender, Mike, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Stirrings and beginnings -- Restoration yachting and its purposes -- The development of yachting in the eighteenth century, part one : the seaside towns -- The development of yachting in the eighteenth century, part two : yachting in Boom Time London -- The Landed Gentry take up yachting -- The slow expansion of yachting in Britain, 1815-1870 -- The development of yachting in Ireland and the colonies -- The enthusiastic adoption of yachting by the mercantile and professional classes after 1870, part one : the new men -- The enthusiastic adoption of yachting by the mercantile and professional classes after 1870, part two : a philosophy of yachting for the new men -- The golden age of yachting, 1880-1900, part one : the rich -- The golden age of yachting, 1880-1900, part two : small boats and women sailors -- Between the wars -- 1945-1965 : home-built dinghies and going offshore -- Yachting's third 'golden period' : of heroes and heroines; of families and marinas, 1965-1990 -- The summer before the dark : yachting in post-modern times, 1990-2007 -- After the crash -- Epilogue : fair winds.…”
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