C. Ernest Fayle

A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines the story of shipping as a business and describes the way in which, at each period of the world's history, merchant ships were owned and operated. It provides information on the relations between ship-owners and governments, and the conditions of life and work afloat.

Produktdetails

• Economic History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415612913
• ISBN-10: 0415612918
• Artikelnr.: 36931245

Autorenporträt

C. Ernest Fayle

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Sea as Barrier and Highway 1. 'Ships of Tarshish'
The Sea
Traders of Antiquity 2. 'Brides of the Adriatic'
The Mediterranean Epoch 3. King Herring and Golden Fleece
The Early Shipping Industry of Northern Europe 4. The Wealth of the Indies
The Opening of the Ocean Routes 5. Merchant Adventurers
The Rise of England 6. 'The prodigious increase of the Netherlands'
The Dutch as General Carriers 7. 'Ships, Colonies and Commerce'
The Era of the Navigation Acts 8. 'The Shipping Interest'
The Carrying Trade in the Eighteenth Century 9. 'White Wings' and 'Tin Kettles'
The Clipper Ship Ear and the Rise of Steam 10. Liners and Tramps
The Evolution of the Modern Shipping Industry 11. Competition and Combination
The Organisation of Modern Shipping 12. The World's Key Industry
The Shipping Industries Today