Year: 1946 Language: english Author: Division of Public Information United States Maritime Commission Format: PDF Quality: Unknown Pages count: 39 Description: "Merchant Marine for Trade and Defense is published by the United States Maritime Commission, the Government agency responsible for "fostering the development and encouraging the maintenance" of the United States Merchant Marine, as part of an educational program designed to provide information to the school children of America concerning the importance of the Merchant Marine to national economy and defense. The purpose of this booklet is to supply teachers with information on the history, present operation, and problems of our merchant shipping. The inclusion of this material in the social studies curriculum provides a means through which students may gain pertinent knowledge and understanding of an important phase of one of our current economic problems. To assist teachers in correlating the subject of the Merchant Marine with other economic, historical, and geographical problems, this booklet is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the United States Merchant Marine. The second discusses its relation to industry, labor, foreign trade, Government, and national defense.
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Merchant Marine for Trade and Defense
Language: english
Author: Division of Public Information United States Maritime Commission
Format: PDF
Quality: Unknown
Pages count: 39
Description: "Merchant Marine for Trade and Defense is published
by the United States Maritime Commission, the Government
agency responsible for "fostering the development and
encouraging the maintenance" of the United States Merchant
Marine, as part of an educational program designed to provide
information to the school children of America concerning
the importance of the Merchant Marine to national economy
and defense. The purpose of this booklet is to supply teachers
with information on the history, present operation, and problems
of our merchant shipping. The inclusion of this material in
the social studies curriculum provides a means through which
students may gain pertinent knowledge and understanding of
an important phase of one of our current economic problems.
To assist teachers in correlating the subject of the Merchant
Marine with other economic, historical, and geographical problems,
this booklet is divided into two parts. The first gives a
brief history of the United States Merchant Marine. The
second discusses its relation to industry, labor, foreign trade,
Government, and national defense.
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