Frederic C. Lane
Frederic Chapin Lane was a historian who specialized in Medieval history with a particular emphasis on the Italian city and region of Venice. Frederic C. Lane received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1921, his M.A. from Tufts College in 1922, where he wrote a master's thesis on "The economic history of Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century", and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1930 with a doctoral thesis on "Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries". He began his graduate studies at the University of Bordeaux in 1923-24, then studied at the University of Vienna in 1924, before going to Harvard University in 1925-26. While a Harvard graduate student he was John Thornton Kirkland Fellow for Research in Italy in 1927-28. He was appointed instructor in history at the University of Minnesota in 1926, before being hired at The Johns Hopkins University as an instructor. There, he served as an assistant professor from 1931 to 1935. Promoted to associate professor in 1936, and full professor in 1946, he retired in 1966 as professor emeritus. Lane's research interests focused on the Italian city-state of Venice. His research on the city as a maritime trading center, particularly with his research in economic history, helped establish a standard for examining the development and growth of other Italian city-states. He applied his skills and interests in economic and maritime history to write the history of American wartime shipping during World War II. From 1951 to 1954, he was assistant director, Social Science division, Rockefeller Foundation, and advised on European policy. He served as historian of the U.S. Maritime Commission, 1946-47. A member of the American Historical Association, he served as a member of council from 1959 to 1962, and was elected President of the American Historical Association for 1964-1965... Active in a number of other professional organizations, he was editor of the Journal of Economic History, president of the Society for Italian Historical Studies in 1961-63, president of the American Historical Association in 1965, president of the Economic History Association 1956-58, and president of the International Economic History Association, 1966-1968. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Medieval Academy of America.
13 Books Written
"Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline." -- Speculum
This major study by Frederic Lane tracks the rise and decline of the great shipbuilding industry of Renaissance Venice. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, Lane presents detailed descriptions of the Venetian arsenal, including the great galleys that doubled as cargo ships and warships; the sixteenth-century round ships, which introduced dramatic innovations in rigging; and the majestic galleons, whose straight lines and greater speed made them ideal for merchantmen, but whose narrowness made them liable to capsize if loaded with artillery. Additional chapters detail the actual process of ship construction, the organization and activity of the craft guilds, and the development and management of the Arsenal.
Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
by Frederic C. Lane
Rating: 3.7 ⭐
During World War II, America's shipbuilding industry, mobilized under the U.S. Maritime Commission, set records of production that have never been equaled. Given the daunting task of building ships faster than they were being sunk, shipbuilding firms across the country found new ways to increase their efficiency and scale of production. Huge new shipyards were built, a labor force of 640,000 was employed, and over 55 million deadweight tons of ocean-going ships were delivered, including the famous Liberty and Victory ships. First published in 1951, Ships for Victory chronicles this remarkable wartime program in magisterial the development of revolutionary construction methods; the upheavals in management, awarding of contracts, and allocation of steel and other materials; the recruitment, training, housing, and union activities of the workers; the crises, confusions, and scandals that arose; and the role of shipbuilding within the total war effort.
Attraverso le vicende della famiglia Barbarigo, Frederic C.Lane, il più importante studioso di Venezia, ricostruisce, come in un gigantesco affresco, il mondo mercantile e finanziario tra la prima metà del Quattrocento e l'ultimo scorcio del Cinquecento. Dalle disgrazie di Nicolò, comandante della flotta delle galere di Alessandria, alle fortune di Andrea Barbarigo, suo figlio, che con tenacia e astuzia riesce a ricostruire il patrimonio perduto: i viaggi nel Levante; l'organizzazione di una rete commerciale tra Venezia, la Siria, le Fiandre, fino a Londra e in Spagna; il matrimonio che lo mette in contatto con i piú importanti banchieri del tempo e gli consente di allargare sempre più la cerchia delle sue attività fino all'affermazione sua e poi di figli e nipoti nella vita pubblica veneziana.
Originally published in 1966. This book collects papers and essays written by historian Frederic C. Lane, who specialized in medieval Venetian history.
Originally published in 1985. Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller, in the first volume of Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice , discuss Venice's economic achievement in terms of the complex system the city's inhabitants developed to manage moneys of account and coins. Money merchants of Venice developed a system whereby a premium attached to moneys of account acted as a stabilizing force and allowed merchants to engage in long-term trade. This system, according to the authors, helped establish Venice as a dominant city-state in international trade and exchange. This book outlines the development and success of this system through 1508. At the time it was first published, this book made a significant contribution to the history of money and economics by underscoring the large role that Venice played in the economic history of the West and the ascendance of capitalism as a structuring force of society.
Profits from Power: Readings in Protection Rent and Violence Controlling Enterprises
by Frederic C. Lane
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Lane, Frederic Chapin
English, French, Italian
Architects and Craftsmen in History: Festschrift für Abbott Payson Usher
by Frederic C. Lane
SHIPS FOR VICTORY : A History of Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
by Frederic C. Lane
Ships for Victory Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
by Frederic C. Lane