Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Chapter 11 The Southern European and Mediterranean Trades
- Chapter 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
Contents
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Chapter 11 The Southern European and Mediterranean Trades
- Chapter 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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- The Rise of the English Shipping Industry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , pp. viii - ixPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2012