False Dawn The Delusions of Global Capitalism |
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| Author:
| Gray, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56584-521-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
| Publisher: | New Press, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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No other moving object has carried as many people in onevoyage (over 16,000). After the war, she became the mostprofitable vessel in the Cunard fleet and the 1950s werea golden era for ocean liner travel. By the 1960s, jetshad taken much of the traffic and after 1,001 voyages,the mighty Queen was sold for preservation at Long Beach,where she resides today, the last remaining great oceanliner.
No other moving object has carried as many people in onevoyage (over 16,000). After the war, she became the mostprofitable vessel in the Cunard fleet and the 1950s werea golden era for ocean liner travel. By the 1960s, jetshad taken much of the traffic and after 1,001 voyages,the mighty Queen was sold for preservation at Long Beach,where she resides today, the last remaining great oceanliner.