The Rise Of The English Shipping Industry In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries

Author : Ralph Davis
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786948878

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The Rise of the English Shipping Industry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Ralph Davis Pdf

This volume is a reprint of Ralph Davis’ seminal 1962 book, The Rise of the English Shipping Industry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The aim was to examine the economic reasons for the growth of British shipping before the arrival of modern technology, with a particular attention on overseas trade. The study can roughly be divided into two halves. The first is an in-depth exploration the roles within the shipping industry, from shipbuilders and shipowners to seamen and masters, from an economic perspective. The second is a chapter-by-chapter review of British overseas trade with Northern Europe, Southern Europe, the Mediterranean, East India, and America and the West Indies. The final two chapters diverge from the main sections, and focus on the interplay between government, war, and shipping. Davis attaches no extra significance to any particular nation or role, and offers an even-handed approach to maritime history still considered rare in the present day. Costs, profits, voyage estimates, ship-prices, and earnings all come under close and equal scrutiny as Davis seeks to understand the trades and developments in shipping during the period. To conclude, he places the study into a broader historical context and discovers that shipping played a measured but crucial role in the development of industrialisation and English economic development. This edition includes an introduction by the series editor; Davis’ introduction and preface; seventeen analytical chapters; a concluding chapter; two appendices concerning shipping statistics and sources; and a comprehensive index.

Author : Ralph Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310626679

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The Rise of the English Shipping Industry by Ralph Davis Pdf

Author : Peter A. Coclanis
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643361055

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The Atlantic Economy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Peter A. Coclanis Pdf

The Atlantic Economy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries is a collection of essays focusing on the expansion, elaboration, and increasing integration of the economy of the Atlantic basin—comprising parts of Europe, West Africa, and the Americas—during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In thirteen essays, the contributors examine the complex and variegated processes by which markets were created in the Atlantic basin and how they became integrated. While a number of the contributors focus on the economic history of a specific European imperial system, others, mirroring the realities of the world they are writing about, transcend imperial boundaries and investigate topics shared throughout the region. In the latter case, the contributors focus either on processes occurring along the margins or interstices of empires, or on "breaches" in the colonial systems established by various European powers. Taken together, the essays shed much-needed light on the organization and operation of both the European imperial orders of the early modern era and the increasingly integrated economy of the Atlantic basin challenging these orders over the course of the same period.

Author : Ralph Henry Carless Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1179824557

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The Rise of the English Shipping Industries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century by Ralph Henry Carless Davis Pdf

Author : Marcus Rediker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0521379830

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marcus Rediker Pdf

This brilliant account of the maritime world of the eighteenth-century reconstructs in detail the social and cultural milieu of Anglo-American seafaring and piracy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : C. Ernest Fayle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136606311

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A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry by C. Ernest Fayle Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Richard W. Unger
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004194397

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Shipping and Economic Growth 1350-1850 by Richard W. Unger Pdf

Shipping was the most dynamic sector of the economy of Europe from the fourteenth into the nineteenth century. Europeans who moved goods by sea dramatically improved their efficiency, laying the foundations for greater economic growth to come and for domination of the world’s oceans.

Author : Rosalin Barker
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843836315

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The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry by Rosalin Barker Pdf

Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge contribution to the maritime history of Britain: Captain Cook learned sailing and navigation here; during the eighteenth century the town was a provider of an exceptionally large number of transport ships in wartime; and in the nineteenth century Whitby became a major whaling port. This book examines how it came to be such an important shipping centre. Drawing on extensive maritime records, the author shows that it was commercial entrepreneurship which brought about the growth of Whitby's shipping industry, first in the export of local alum and carrying coal to London, then in northern European trades, alongside its very successful ship-building industry. The book includes details from the financial accounts of voyages. These provide a fascinating insight into seafaring in the period with details of the hierarchical structure of crews, and of shipboard apprentices learning the trade. Overall, a very full picture emerges of every aspect of the shipping industry of this key port. ROSALIN BARKER is an Honorary Fellow in the History Department at the University of Hull, and was formerly a tutor in adult education at the universities of Cambridge, Leeds and Hull and the Open University.

Author : Henry George Hahn,Carl Behm
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0810817861

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The Eighteenth-century British Novel and Its Background by Henry George Hahn,Carl Behm Pdf

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Author : Peter H. Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118730027

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A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe by Peter H. Wilson Pdf

This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout eighteenth-century Europe Focuses on Europe while placing it within its international context Considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe

Author : Sarah Stockwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351882705

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The Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, Volume III by Sarah Stockwell Pdf

Few aspects of the history of modern empires are of such significance as their economics and politics. These factors are inextricably linked in many analyses, have generated extensive historiographical debate and are currently the subject of some of the freshest and liveliest scholarship. The articles and chapters which are brought together in this volume relate not only to the European colonial empires, but also to the Napoleonic, Russian and Japanese empires. The collection is strongly comparative in approach with the articles arranged into thematic sections on: the place of politics and economics in the rise and fall of modern empires; the causal relationship between modern empires and colonial, global, and metropolitan economic transformations; and the ’technologies of rule’ which provided the frameworks through which colonial economies were managed, and rights defined. The collection reflects new approaches, as well as the continuing importance of issues addressed in an older historiography, and the thematic arrangement produces useful juxtapositions of older and newer literatures. The substantial introduction explores the themes and identifies key historiographical trends in relation to each.

Author : David Ormrod
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521819261

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The Rise of Commercial Empires by David Ormrod Pdf

A work of major importance for the economic history of both Europe and North America.

Author : Chris Evans,Göran Rydén
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047421474

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Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century by Chris Evans,Göran Rydén Pdf

This book looks at the one of the key commercial links between the Baltic and Atlantic worlds in the eighteenth century - the export of Swedish and Russian iron to Britain - and its role in the making of the modern world.

Author : John Brewer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134998524

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The Sinews of Power by John Brewer Pdf

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David Armitage,Michael Braddick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781137013415

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The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 by David Armitage,Michael Braddick Pdf

This core textbook gathers an international team of historians to present a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain, British America, and the British Caribbean seen in Atlantic perspective. This collection of individual essays provides an accessible overview of essential themes, such as the state, empire, migration, the economy, religion, race, class, gender, politics, and slavery. This new and revised edition brings this text up to date with recent work in the field of Atlantic history and extends its scope to cover themes not treated in the first edition, notably the history of science and global history. Placing the British Atlantic world in imperial and global contexts, this book offers an indispensable survey of one of the liveliest fields of current historical enquiry. This text is a primary resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of History, particularly those taking modules on Early Modern British History, Colonial American History, Early American History, Caribbean History, Atlantic History and World History. Together, the essays also provide a useful starting point for researchers in British, American, imperial and Atlantic history. New to this Edition: - Updated and expanded to take account of new research - Two new essays treating 'Science' and 'The British Atlantic World in Global Perspective' - Timeline of British Atlantic history - A revised Introduction and updated guides to further reading