Bibliograph

Merchants and mariners, selected maritime writings of David M. Williams, compiled by Lars U. Scholl

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Merchants and mariners, selected maritime writings of David M. Williams, compiled by Lars U. Scholl

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography of David M. Williams' writings: pages 293-298

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Merchants and mariners

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49860135

Responsibility statement

compiled by Lars U. Scholl

Series statement

Research in maritime history, no. 18

Sub title

selected maritime writings of David M. Williams

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Lars U. Scholl, David Malcolm Williams: A Tribute from an old friend / Peter N. Davies, David M. Williams and The Writing of modern maritime history / Lewis R. Fischer, Writings: Abolition and the re-deployment of the slave fleet, 1807-1811 (p. 1), Liverpool merchants and the cotton trade 1820-1850 (p. 19) -- The, Shipping of the North Atlantic cotton trade in the mid-nineteenth century (p. 53), Merchanting in the first half of the nineteenth century: the Liverpool timber trade (p. 81), James Silk Buckingham: sailor, explorer and maritime reformer (p. 109), State regulation of merchant shipping 1839-1914: the bulk carrying trades (p. 127), Customs evasion, colonial preference and the British tariff, 1829-1842 (p. 157), Bulk passenger freight trades, 1750-1870 (p. 185), Henry Mayhew and the British seaman (p. 209), Mid-Victorian attitudes to seamen and maritime reform: the Society for improving the condition of merchant seamen, 1867 (p. 229) -- ', Advance notes' and the recruitment of maritime labour in Britain in the nineteenth century (p. 253) -- The, quality, skill and supply of maritime labour: causes of concern in Britain, 1850-1914 (p. 273)

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