"Those emblems of Hell?" : European sailors and the maritime labour market, 1570-1870

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Label

"Those emblems of Hell?" : European sailors and the maritime labour market, 1570-1870

Title remainder

European sailors and the maritime labour market, 1570-1870

Statement of responsibility

Paul C. van Royen

Creator

• Royen, Paul C. van,

Subject

• Seafaring life -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Europe -- Commerce | History -- Congresses
• Trade routes -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Merchant mariners -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Merchant marine -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Shipping -- Europe -- History -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

This volume collects a series of reports from maritime historians across Europe, aiming to provide a coherent historical trajectory of the lives of European sailors and their dealings with the maritime labour market; the reports were presented at The Hague's 1994 conference, 'European Sailors, 1570-1870.' The core areas discussed in the first half of the volume include: the national maritime labour market; the international maritime labour market; working conditions for sailors; and career patterns. The second half features reports detailing the sailing history of a selection European countries:- the Netherlands; England; Scotland; Britain as a whole; Iceland; Norway; Finland; Denmark; Germany; Belgium; France; and Spain. Each report responds to a set of questions distributed by the commissioning editors, so that the data from each country can be compared and contrasted. Questions considered include the number of sailors represented in the navy, mercantile, marine, or whaling industries; the socio-economic background of sailors; wage details; recruitment policies; strikes; mutinies; and career mobility amongst sailors. The volume provides an overview of the history of sailors to enable a strengthening of data in the field of maritime history as it continues to develop and extend.--

Member of

• Research in maritime history, no. 13

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Research in maritime history
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

no. 13