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The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800

Author : Phillip Reid
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004426345
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800 written by Phillip Reid and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600—1800, Phillip Reid refutes the long-held assumption that merchant ship technology in the British Atlantic during the two centuries of its development was static for all intents and purposes, and that whatever incremental changes took place in it were inconsequential to the development of the British Empire and its offshoots. Drawing on a unique combination of evidence from both traditional and unconventional sources, Phillip Reid shows how merchants, shipwrights, and mariners used both proven principles and adaptive innovations in hulls, rigs, and steering systems to manage high physical and financial risks. Listen also to the podcast where the author is interviewed about the book for New Books Network and the podcast with Liz Covart for Ben Franklin’s World by clicking here.

Planters, Merchants, and Slaves

Author : Trevor Burnard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022663924X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Planters, Merchants, and Slaves written by Trevor Burnard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As with any enterprise involving violence and lots of money, running a plantation in early British America was a serious and brutal enterprise. Beyond resources and weapons, a plantation required a significant force of cruel and rapacious men men who, as Trevor Burnard sees it, lacked any better options for making money. In the contentious Planters, Merchants, and Slaves, Burnard argues that white men did not choose to develop and maintain the plantation system out of virulent racism or sadism, but rather out of economic logic because to speak bluntly it worked. These economically successful and ethically monstrous plantations required racial divisions to exist, but their successes were always measured in gold, rather than skin or blood. Burnard argues that the best example of plantations functioning as intended is not those found in the fractious and poor North American colonies, but those in their booming and integrated commercial hub, Jamaica. Sure to be controversial, this book is a major intervention in the scholarship on slavery, economic development, and political power in early British America, mounting a powerful and original argument that boldly challenges historical orthodoxy."--

Merchants of Medicines

Author : Zachary Dorner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670680X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Merchants of Medicines written by Zachary Dorner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century—the so-called long eighteenth century of English history—was a time of profound global change, marked by the expansion of intercontinental empires, long-distance trade, and human enslavement. It was also the moment when medicines, previously produced locally and in small batches, became global products. As greater numbers of British subjects struggled to survive overseas, more medicines than ever were manufactured and exported to help them. Most historical accounts, however, obscure the medicine trade’s dependence on slave labor, plantation agriculture, and colonial warfare. In Merchants of Medicines, Zachary Dorner follows the earliest industrial pharmaceuticals from their manufacture in the United Kingdom, across trade routes, and to the edges of empire, telling a story of what medicines were, what they did, and what they meant. He brings to life business, medical, and government records to evoke a vibrant early modern world of London laboratories, Caribbean estates, South Asian factories, New England timber camps, and ships at sea. In these settings, medicines were produced, distributed, and consumed in new ways to help confront challenges of distance, labor, and authority in colonial territories. Merchants of Medicines offers a new history of economic and medical development across early America, Britain, and South Asia, revealing the unsettlingly close ties among medicine, finance, warfare, and slavery that changed people’s expectations of their health and their bodies.

The Merchant Navy

Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747813485
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant Navy written by Richard Woodman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At one time British ships carried half of the world's trade, transporting every conceivable type of freight from and to all four corners of the globe – and in times of crisis the merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. In fact, the merchant convoys and armed cruisers that defied the German blockades to supply Britain in the First World War were so pivotal that they were recognised as a second 'navy' – the Merchant Navy. This fleet again saw service in the Second World War, continuing to keep Britain provisioned even in its darkest hour. Richard Woodman here relates the Merchant Navy's colourful history and brings to life the day-to-day experiences of the seamen.

Merchant Enterprise in Britain

Author : Stanley Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521893626
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Enterprise in Britain written by Stanley Chapman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of the British Industrial Revolution and of the Victorian period of economic and social development have until very recently concentrated on British industries and industrial regions, while commerce and finance, and particularly that of London, have been substantially neglected. This has distorted our view of the process of change, since financial services and much trade continued to be centred on the metropolis, and the south-east region never lost its position at the top of the national league of wealth.

British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One

Author : A. J. Tennent
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904381365
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One written by A. J. Tennent and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing 258 pages, this is a tennents reference book on the loss of every British merchant ship sunk by German submarine in the great war.

My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman

Author : C. T. Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780785548546
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman written by C. T. Watts and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Merchant & Mills Workbook

Author : Merchant & Mills
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781909397422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Merchant & Mills Workbook written by Merchant & Mills and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make six classic garments and create a stylish multi-layered wardrobe from scratch. Full-size patterns are provided for a neat vest with a boxer back detail, an elegant bias-cut long-sleeved dress, a simple long gathered skirt with a drawstring waist, a batwing wrap top, an oversized drop-shoulder jacket and a pair of classic wide leg trousers. By choosing seasonal cloth, the versatility of these projects can be enjoyed from the first hint of spring to the end of winter. The aim of this book is to move beyond simplicity and dare the maker to develop new skills. With variations for tops, dresses, shorts and a coat, our precise step-by-step instructions and inspiring photography will enable you sew with confidence. The reward will be an all season, multi-layer wardrobe by your own hand. We hope you, the reader, are ready for this set of challenges and willing to pace yourselves through the more complicated garments. Full-size patterns for all six garments are included, ready to be traced off and put to good use immediately. Make fashion work.

The Merchant Bankers

Author : Joseph Wechsberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486781186
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant Bankers written by Joseph Wechsberg and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating chronicle of the world's great financial families offers candid profiles of the personalities behind seven legendary banking houses: Hambros, which now survives in name only; Barings, the oldest British banking dynasty; the Rothschilds, who amassed the largest private fortune in modern history; the Warburgs, a German dynasty of Venetian origin dating from the sixteenth century; the venerable Hermann Josef Abs, long-time chairman of Deutsche Bank; Lehman Brothers, formerly the oldest continuing partnership in American investing; and the eccentric and culturally savant financier Raffaele Mattioli, who headed Banca Commerciale Italiana. Focusing on figures of late-nineteenth-century London, this chronicle marks the distinctions between the cloistered Old World aristocracy and the rise of the high-stakes investors of Wall Street. Written by a longtime correspondent for the New Yorker, this fascinating account of daring financial adventures and their merchant banker orchestrators provides a wealth of context for understanding the evolution of modern investment banking. A new Foreword has been written specially for this edition by Christopher Kobrak, Wilson/Currie Chair of Canadian Business and Financial History at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Dover (2014) republication of the edition originally published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1966. See every Dover book in print at www.doverpublications.com

International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Author : Lewis R. Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0973893478
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Lewis R. Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles seven essays concerning changes to merchant shipping over the hundred and fifty years between 1850 and 2000, and spanning a range of countries, with particular focus on Norway, Greece, Japan, and England. The essays are linked by the theme of change: from traditional to modern shipping; in fluctuating cargo demands; from sail to steam; wood to iron; in improvements in communication technologies; in political natures and affiliations; in seafaring skillsets; in the advent of containerisation and advent of globalisation. The overall aim is to construct a solid international context for the merchant shipping industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - primarily to aid a major Norwegian deep-sea merchant marine project. The book contains an introduction that sets out these aims, and seven essays by maritime historians which form part of the international contextual whole, though all can be approached individually.

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tracing Your Ancestors in the National Archives

Author : Amanda Bevan
Publisher : National Archives UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tracing Your Ancestors in the National Archives written by Amanda Bevan and published by National Archives UK. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of the essential family history title: the only exhaustive guide to The National Archives holdings.

Merchant Ship Shapes

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Ship Shapes written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Neptune's Trident

Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : History Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780752448145
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Neptune's Trident written by Richard Woodman and published by History Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete study of Great Britain's merchant navy

Merchants

Author : Edmond Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300264496
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Merchants written by Edmond Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history of English trade and empire—revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized Britain In the century following Elizabeth I’s rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the globe. Through the efforts of these "mere merchants," England developed from a peripheral power on the fringes of Europe to a country at the center of a global commercial web, with interests stretching from Virginia to Ahmadabad and Arkhangelsk to Benin. Edmond Smith traces the lives of English merchants from their earliest steps into business to the heights of their successes. Smith unpicks their behavior, relationships, and experiences, from exporting wool to Russia, importing exotic luxuries from India, and building plantations in America. He reveals that the origins of "global" Britain are found in the stories of these men whose livelihoods depended on their skills, entrepreneurship, and ability to work together to compete in cutthroat international markets. As a community, their efforts would come to revolutionize Britain’s relationship with the world.

The Book of Privileges of the Merchant Adventurers of England, 1296-1483

Author : Anne F. Sutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Privileges of the Merchant Adventurers of England, 1296-1483 written by Anne F. Sutton and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the trading privileges granted to the merchants of England by the princes of the Low Countries reveals the increasing value of cross-Channel trade throughout the 14th and 15th centuries. French, Latin, and Dutch texts are accompanied by the 15th century English translations, forming a unique historical and linguistic tool.

Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors

Author : Simon Wills
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783461608
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors written by Simon Wills and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was a merchant seamans life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Wills concise and informative historical guide takes the reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britains merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of short, information-packed chapters, he explains the expansion of Britains global maritime trade and the fleets of merchant ships that sustained it in peace and war. He describes the lives, duties and tribulations of the generations of crews who sailed in these ships, whether as ordinary seamen or as officers, stewards, engineers and a myriad of other roles. In addition, he identifies the websites you can explore, the archives, records and books you can read, and the places you can visit in order to gain an understanding of what your seagoing ancestor did and the world he knew. Simon Wills practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it.