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Maritime Empires

Author : National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843830764
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Empires written by National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's overseas Empire pre-eminently involved the sea. In a two-way process, ships carried travellers and explorers, trade goods, migrants to new lands, soldiers to fight wars and garrison colonies, and also ideas and plants that would find fertile minds and soils in other lands. These essays, deriving from a National Maritime Museum (London) conference, provide a wide-ranging and comprehensive picture of the activities of maritime empire. They discuss a variety of issues: maritime trades, among them the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Honduran mahogany for shipping to Britain, the movement of horses across the vast reaches of Asia and the Indian Ocean; the impact of new technologies as Empire expanded in the nineteenth century; the sailors who manned the ships, the settlers who moved overseas, and the major ports of the Imperial world; plus the role of the navy in hydrographic survey. Published in association with the National Maritime Museum. DAVID KILLINGRAY is Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Goldsmiths College London; MARGARETTE LINCOLN and NIGEL RIGBY are in the research department of the National Maritime Museum.

A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989

Author : Keith Robbins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198224969
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989 written by Keith Robbins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.

British Tramp Shipping, 1750-1914

Author : Robin Craig
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786949113
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book British Tramp Shipping, 1750-1914 written by Robin Craig and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the history of tramp-shipping in the United Kingdom, between 1750 and 1914. It defines ‘tramp’ as steamships exclusively hulled with iron or steel. The purpose of the journal is to keep the history of tramp-shipping from fading into obscurity, as the author believes the tramp steamer does not invoke sentimentality nor provide enough glamour to sustain the same level of maritime interest enjoyed by sailing ships or ocean liners. The study is split into four major sections, the first concerning tramp-shipping, ownership, and capital formation; the second concerning trade, specifically copper ore and African guano; the third studies tramp seamen - particularly sea masters; and the final and largest section considers individual tramp-shipping regions, further subdivided by region - Wales, the Northwest, the West Country, the Northeast, the Southeast, and Canada. The volume is punctuated with statistics, tables, charts, glossaries, and concludes with a bibliography of author Robin Craig’s further maritime writing.

Debrett's Bibliography of Business History

Author : Stephanie Zarach
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349089842
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Debrett's Bibliography of Business History written by Stephanie Zarach and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-06-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emigrants and empire

Author : Stephen Constantine
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152616292X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Emigrants and empire written by Stephen Constantine and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Drummond's two pioneering studies, British Economic Policy and the Empire 1919-1939, 1972, and Imperial Economic Policy 1917-1939, 1974, helped to revive interest in Empire migration and other aspects of inter-war imperial economic history. This book concentrates upon the attempts to promote state-assisted migration in the post-First World War period particularly associated with the Empire Settlement Act of 1922. It examines the background to these new emigration experiments, the development of plans for both individual and family migration, as well as the specific schemes for the settlement of ex-servicemen and of women. Varying degrees of encouragement, acquiescence and resistance with which they were received in the dominions, are discussed. After the First World War there was a striking reorientation of state policy on emigration from the United Kingdom. A state-assisted emigration scheme for ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen, operating from 1919 to 1922, was followed by an Empire Settlement Act, passed in 1922. This made significant British state funding available for assisted emigration and overseas land settlement in British Empire countries. Foremost amongst the achievements of the high-minded imperial projects was the free-passage scheme for ex-servicemen and women which operated between 1919 and 1922 under the auspices of the Oversea Settlement Committee. Cheap passages were considered as one of the prime factors in stimulating the flow of migration, particularly in the case of single women. The research represented here makes a significant contribution to the social histories of these states as well as of the United Kingdom.

The Trade Makers

Author : Peter N. Davies
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786949172
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Trade Makers written by Peter N. Davies and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal reprints the history of the Elder Dempster company by Peter N. Davies, from 1852-1972, originally published in 1973. It includes an additional chapter, also by Peter Davies, on the history of the company from 1973-1989, covering its decline and final years. The purpose is to describe and analyse the economic history of the Elder Dempster shipping company and its predecessors, plus an account of West African and British economic backgrounds. The journal is divided into five parts, each concerning a different era in the company’s history. Part 1 covers the formation of the African Steam Ship Company (which would eventually merge and become Elder Dempster); Part 2 covers the expansion of Elder Dempster and the partnership with Alfred Lewis Jones; Part 3 explores major historical events and their impact on Elder Dempster, including the Great War, the transition from war to peace, and the end of the Royal Mail group; Part 4 concerns the establishment of Elder Dempster Lines Limited, the emergence of successful rival companies, the Second World War and post-war reconstruction, and prediction for the company for the 1970s and beyond, as this part concluded the first edition of the history; Part 5 is a retrospective look at the 1970s and 1980s, and tracks the decline of Elder Dempster.

Africa, Asia, and South America Since 1800

Author : A. J. H. Latham
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719018770
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Africa, Asia, and South America Since 1800 written by A. J. H. Latham and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference for graduate and undergraduate students presenting the bibliographic details and sometimes describing and evaluating the content of over 5,000 books in English, most published since 1945 and many quite recently, but also some earlier works of enduring importance. A section of works on all three continents is followed by sections on each, which first consider the continent as a whole, then each country, usually by chronological periods and topics such as economics, politics, and society. Indexed only by author and editor, but the table of contents is detailed enough to provide adequate access. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Across the Oceans

Author : Seija-Riitta Laakso
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN 13 : 9522228087
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Across the Oceans written by Seija-Riitta Laakso and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 2007-09-28 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings. The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph.

Energy and Empire

Author : Crosbie Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521261739
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Energy and Empire written by Crosbie Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-26 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it.

The Year Book and Guide to Southern Africa

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1156 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Year Book and Guide to Southern Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1966* with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Politics of the South Africa Run

Author : Geoff Berridge
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the South Africa Run written by Geoff Berridge and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Berridge examines the ways in which Pretoria has enlisted European shipping companies to service its national interests. His fascinating account of how the South African government manipulated sailing rights and shipping services after World War II in order to draw in friendly countries such as Italy, Spain, and Greece sheds new light on South Africa's overall relationship with Western capitalism and its strategy in preparing for the possibility of economic sanctions.

Diary of an African Journey

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814736319
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Diary of an African Journey written by H. Rider Haggard and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, Haggard, the author of colonialist novels King Solomon's Mines and She returned to a South Africa which had greatly changed since the first visits of his youth. This account of his journey as a member of the British Empire's Dominions Royal Commission offers observations on the changed nature of the country after the Anglo-Boer wars and details a number of aspects of the political landscape, including a description of his interview with the founder of the African National Congress, John Dube. c. Book News Inc.

The Mariner's Mirror

Author : Leonard George Carr Laughton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mariner's Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mediterranean Seafarers in Transition

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004514198
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Seafarers in Transition written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses the effects of industrialization on maritime trade, labour and communities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea from the 1850s to the 1920s. The 17 essays are based on new evidence from multiple type of primary sources on the transition from sail to steam navigation, written in a variety of languages, Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Russian and Ottoman. Questions that arise in the book include the labour conditions, wages, career and retirement of seafarers, the socio-economic and spatial transformations of the maritime communities and the changes in the patterns of operation, ownership and management in the shipping industry with the advent of steam navigation. The book offers a comparative analysis of the above subjects across the Mediterranean, while also proposes unexplored themes in current scholarship like the history of navigation. Contributors are: Luca Lo Basso, Andrea Zappia, Leonardo Scavino, Daniel Muntane, Eduard Page Campos, Enric Garcia Domingo, Katerina Galani, Alkiviadis Kapokakis, Petros Kastrinakis, Kalliopi Vasilaki, Pavlos Fafalios, Georgios Samaritakis, Kostas Petrakis, Korina Doerr, Athina Kritsotaki, Anastasia Axaridou, and Martin Doerr.

Colonial Africa

Author : A. J. Christopher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000855902
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Africa written by A. J. Christopher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been few more remarkable events than the European colonisation and decolonisation of Africa. Often within a single lifespan countries were conquered, reorganised, settled and then granted independence. Colonial Africa (1984) examines the impact this had on the landscape of Africa. The period of colonial contact between Europe and Africa had been lengthy, beginning in the early fifteenth century; yet for much of the continent the colonial period was relatively short, from the 1880s to the 1960s. European intervention in the nineteenth century was motivated by new demands of the European economy, resulting in the conquest of virtually the entire continent. As a result various groups of colonists arrived in Africa and each tried to impose a particular imprint upon the landscape. The colonial powers each had their own styles which are most evident in the architecture bequeathed to independent Africa. This is a clear account of the way that historical attitudes have dictated the appearance and geography of modern Africa.

International Bibliography of Business History

Author : Francis Goodall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136138285
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book International Bibliography of Business History written by Francis Goodall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach and more concern about the wider business context. With the growth of multi-national corporations in the 1980s, international and inter-firm comparisons have gained in importance. In addition, there has been a move towards improving links with mainstream economic, financial and social history through techniques and outlook. The International Bibliography of Business History brings all of the strands together and provides the user with a comprehensive guide to the literature in the field. The Bibliography is a unique volume which covers the depth and breadth of research in business history. This exhaustive volume has been compiled by a team of subject specialists from around the world under the editorship of three prestigious business historians.