Description: Vital Spark : The British Coastal Trade, 1, Paperback by Armstrong, John, ISBN 0986497304, ISBN-13 9780986497308, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This book collects seventeen previously published essays by John Armstrong concerning the British coastal trade. Armstrong is a leading maritime historian and the essays provided here offer a thorough exploration of the British coastal trade, his specialisation, during the period of industrialisation and technological development that would lead to modern shipping. The purpose is to demonstrate the whether or not the coastal trade was the main carrier of internal trade and a pioneer of the technical developments that modernised the shipping industry. Each essay makes an original contribution to the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the fluctuating importance of the coastal trade and size of the coastal fleet over time; the relationship between coastal shipping, canals, and railways; a comparison between the coastal liner and coastal tramp trade; the significance of the river Thames in enabling trade; coastal trade economics; maritime freight rates; the early twentieth century shipping depression; competition between coastal liner companies; and a detailed study of the role of the government in coastal shipping. Th also contains case studies of the London coal trade; coastal trade through the River Dee port; and the Liverpool-Hull trade route. It contains a foreword, introduction, and bibliography of Armstrong's writings. There is no overall conclusion, except the assertion that coastal shipping plays a tremendous role in British maritime history, and a call for further research into the field.
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Book Title: Vital Spark : The British Coastal Trade, 1700-1930
Number of Pages: 353 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Vital Spark: the British Coastal Trade, 1700-1930
Publisher: International Maritime Economic Hi-Story Association
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Economics, Transportation, History
Item Height: 230 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: John Armstrong
Subject Area: Natural Science
Series: Research in Maritime History
Item Width: 150 mm
Format: Paperback