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Exploiting the Sea: Aspects of Britain's Maritime Economy Since 1870

Category: British History
Type: Book
Author: Starkey, David John and Jamieson, Alan G.
Pages: 244
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
ISBN: 9780859895330
Year: 1998
Google books link: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IoGEWqjb9iUC
Language: en
Tags: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions     History / Europe / Great Britain     Nature / Natural Resources     Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography     Transportation / Aviation / General     Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General     

Abstract:

Exploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital but changing relationship with the sea since the late nineteenth century. It assesses the significance to the British economy of sea-reliant industries such as shipping, shipbuilding, fishing, coastal trading and seaside tourism. It also seeks to explain why the clear pre-eminence that Britain established in the maritime world during the Victorian era has not been sustained in the twentieth century.Β Exploiting the Sea is a new volume in the highly successful {EXETER} {MARITIME} {STUDIES} series, and brings together contributions from experts writing in their own specialist fields to give a wide-ranging but structured analytical approach to a misunderstood subject.



The research project is implemented within the framework of the Action “Supporting Postdoctoral Researchers» of the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" (Action’s Beneficiary: General Secretariat for Research and Technology), and is co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Greek State.