Descript |
1 online resource (444 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction to the 2012 Edition; Series Editor's Note; Introduction; Preface; Chapter 1: The Widening of Horizons, 1560-1689; Chapter 2: Consolidation, 1689-1775; Chapter 3: Ships and Shipbuilders in the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 4: Ships and Shipbuilders in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 5: The Shipowners; Chapter 6: The Merchant Seamen; Chapter 7: The Pay and Conditions of Merchant Seamen; Chapter 8: Shipping Management and the Role of the Master; Chapter 9: Shipping and Trade; Chapter 10: The Nearby and Northern European Trades |
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Chapter 11 : The Southern European and Mediterranean TradesChapter 12: The East Indian Trade; Chapter 13: The American and West Indian Trades; Chapter 14: The Government and the Shipping Industry; Chapter 15: War and the Shipping Industry; Chapter 16: Four Ships and Their Fortunes; Chapter 17: Was It a Profitable Business?; Chapter 18: Conclusion; Appendix A: A Note on the Shipping Statistics, 1686-1788; Appendix B: Sources for the History of the Shipping Industry; Index |
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ISBN |
9781786948878 (electronic bk.) |
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1786948877 (electronic bk.) |
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