A Bridge of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding during the Second World War
ISBN: 9780773585614
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Shipbuilding industry -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; Shipbuilding -- Canada -- History -- 20th century;

Before 1939, Canada's shipbuilding industry had been moribund for nearly two decades - no steel-hulled, ocean-going vessel had been built since 1921. During the Second World War, however, Canada's shipbuilding program became a major part of the nation's industrial effort. Shipyards were expanded and more than a thousand warships and cargo ships were constructed as well as many more thousands of auxiliary vessels, small boats, and other craft. A large ship-repair program also began.

Pritchard James :

James Pritchard is a member of the Department of History at Queen's University.James Pritchard is professor emeritus of history, Queen's University, and prize-winning author of numerous articles and books, including In Search of Empire: The French in the Americas, 1670-1730.


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