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Author : Edwin A. G. Clark
Publisher : Exter, U. of Exeter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ports of the Exe Estuary, 1660-1860 written by Edwin A. G. Clark and published by Exter, U. of Exeter. This book was released on 1960 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis M. Cullen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Anglo-Irish Trade, 1660-1800 written by Louis M. Cullen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William B. Stephens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317016203
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed written by William B. Stephens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King's customs service, began an extraordinary journey under Treasury orders to investigate the integrity and efficiency of the customs establishments of southwest England and south Wales as part of a drive to maximize the Crown's income from customs duties (on which it relied for much of its revenue). Starting at Bristol, Culliford eventually completed this daunting task in Cornwall over two years later in the spring of 1684. His report on each of the ports he inspected (the primary source for this book) revealed widespread smuggling and fraud in the context of a customs service both lacking in efficiency and riddled with corruption. The book documents the varied frauds and wide-ranging abuses uncovered and their facilitation by customs officers only too ready to collude with smugglers, dishonest merchants and seamen and to accept bribes to ignore tax evasion. It describes, too, Culliford's assessment of the administrative practices of each port inspected and his judgment on the levels of probity and efficiency of individual officers, detailing his recommendations for procedural improvements and the treatment of the corrupt and incompetent and, incidentally, of those suspected of political and religious dissent. Additionally, the book presents a body of statistical data on the customs revenue actually collected at individual ports in the 1670s and 1680s and surveys the extent and nature of the maritime trade of the ports Culliford examined. It thus not only throws light on the history of the customs service, but provides a rare insight into the interactions of economic, social and political issues in the later seventeenth century, and makes a valuable contribution to the particular histories of the ports and maritime districts visited by this energetic and tenacious investigator.
Author : W. E. Minchinton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100087995X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Growth of English Overseas Trade in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries written by W. E. Minchinton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1969, this book discusses the growth of foreign trade between 1600 and 1775 which brought about a commercial revolution in England. English merchants developed the exchange of manufactured goods for primary products such as tobacco, sugar, cotton and silk. A notable feature of these years was the American orientation of English overseas trade. This expansion of commerce made a decisive contribution to national economic growth. Its implications for the economy as a whole and the process of industrialization are reviewed at length in the substantial introduction.
Author : Robin Craig
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786949113
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)
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.
Author : W G Hoskins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 180399066X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Two Thousand Years in Exeter written by W G Hoskins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West. In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a 'small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries. W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edition of a classic work has been undertaken by Hazel Harvey, a distinguished local historian of Exeter. Much of Exeter has been destroyed, but much of the historic past of this entrancing city still remains. Hoskins' incomparable text is supported by a new selection of illustrations and maps, with an appendix on the street names of the city and place names in the neighbourhood. This book will be as valuable to the visitor as to the citizen of Exeter, for it tells where to look for the memorials of the past and for the history that lies behind them.
Author : Dorian Gerhold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521419505
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Road Transport Before the Railways written by Dorian Gerhold and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-02-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1993 book examines the road haulage trade in England when it depended on horses and wagons, chiefly through the letters and papers of one of the largest firms which operated between the West Country and London in the early nineteenth century. Other documents extend the coverage of the firm's history from the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, making it possible to examine how road transport changed during the course of two centuries. The Russell letters are all extraordinary and unique survival, showing in detail how the firm managed to convey up to six tons at a time in all weathers, how dominated it was by the capabilities and needs of the horse, how reliable its services were, who it served and how important it was to a variety of users. In sum the book provides a full account of the road haulage industry from the seventeenth century until the coming of the railways.
Author : Henry Clifford Darby
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521291446
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)
Download or read book New Historical Geography of England written by Henry Clifford Darby and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1973-12-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytic survey of the changing face of England, countryside and town, from the coming of the Anglo-Saxons to 1914.
Author : Peter Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521893749
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)
Download or read book Small Towns in Early Modern Europe written by Peter Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the great wave of publications on European cities and towns in the pre-industrial period, little has been written about the thousands of small towns which played a key role in the economic, social and cultural life of early modern Europe. This collection, written by leading experts, redresses that imbalance. It provides the first comparative overview of European small towns from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century, examining their position in the urban hierarchy, demographic structures, economic trends, relations with the countryside, and political and cultural developments. Case studies discuss networks in all the major European countries, as well as looking at the distinctive world of small towns in the more 'peripheral' countries of Scandinavia and central Europe. A wide-ranging editorial introduction puts individual chapters in historical perspective.
Author : David John Starkey
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
ISBN 13 : 9780859895330
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Exploiting the Sea written by David John Starkey and published by University of Exeter Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital, but changing relationship with the sea since the late 19th century. Contributions from a number of experts are brought together to provide analysis on this subject.
Author : Kenneth R. Clew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Exeter Canal written by Kenneth R. Clew and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Travis
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
ISBN 13 : 9780859893923
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (939 download)
Download or read book The Rise of the Devon Seaside Resorts, 1750-1900 written by John F. Travis and published by University of Exeter Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of the emergence of Devon's seaside resorts. Relating the development of these resorts to the wider processes of social and economic change, it explains why early tourists were drawn to the remote Devon coast and shows how fishing villages were transformed into fashionable watering places. Themes covered include bathing rituals and sea-water drinking, health cures and cholera epidemics, sophisticated amusements and improving recreations, paddle-steamers and excursion trains.
Author : David J. Starkey
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802079882
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century written by David J. Starkey and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important part of eighteenth-century maritime conflict involved the destruction of enemy commerce and the protection of home trade. In performing these tasks, state navies were augmented by privateers, vessels owned, equipped and manned by private individuals authorised by their governments to attack and seize the enemy’s seabourne property. For their reward, the investors and seafarers engaged in privateering ventures shared in the proceeds of any ships and goods taken and condemned as lawful prize. Privateering therefore represented a business opportunity to the maritime community, a chance to acquire instant wealth at the enemy’s expense; at the same time, it appeared as a cheap convenient means by which the state might supplement its naval strength. In this important analysis David J. Starkey draws upon a wealth of documentary evidence to throw fresh light upon the character, scale and significance of the British privateering business.
Author : Michael Duffy
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The New Maritime History of Devon: From the late eighteenth century to the present day written by Michael Duffy and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1992 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josef Lewis Altholz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521123
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Victorian England 1837-1901 written by Josef Lewis Altholz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 2,500 bibliographical entries covering most aspects of the history of Victorian England.
Author : John Horden
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature written by John Horden and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1973 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art written by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.
