Title: Monturiol's dream :
Authors: Stewart, Matthew,
Date: 2003
Publisher: Profile,
Physical description: xi, 404 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: Prologue: The Vision -- The Making of a Submariner -- The Fires of Youth -- The Problem of Barcelona -- Urban Guerrilla -- The Mother of the Family -- The Brotherhood -- A Word from the Prophet Etienne -- From Barcelona to Paradise -- The Father of the Family -- Cosmic Awakenings -- The Virtual Revolution -- The End of Utopia -- The Submarine Dream -- The Fine Art of Underwater Navigation -- The State of the Art -- The Adventure Begins -- How to Build a Submarine, Part I -- The Ride of the Ictineo -- The Greatest Show On Earth -- A Fish Out of Water -- The Struggle for Recognition -- The Blind Trial -- Barcelona Dreaming -- The Submarine Roast -- The People's Submarine -- The New God of Movement -- How to Build a Submarine, Part II -- The Ictineo Rides Again -- The Struggle Continues -- Fire and Water -- Prometheus Bound -- Monturiol Redux -- The Ictineo in Words -- Adelaida and Delfina -- The Submariners' Republic -- A Life of Invention -- Twilight of a Submariner -- Redemption -- Epilogue: The Post-Monturiol Era of Underwater Navigation.
Subject headings (LCSH): Inventors--Spain--Catalonia--Biography.; Monturiol, Narciso, 1819-1885; Naval architects--Spain--Catalonia--Biography.; Spain--Intellectual life--19th century.; Submarines (Ships)--Spain--History--19th century.; Underwater navigation--History--19th century.