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Exploiting the Sea : Aspects of Britain's Maritime Economy Since 1870 - David J. Starkey

Exploiting the Sea

Aspects of Britain's Maritime Economy Since 1870

By: David J. Starkey (Editor), Alan G. Jamieson (Editor)

Paperback | 1 May 1998

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"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. "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.
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The strength of these papers lies in their breadth. They are well written and researched pieces, and there will be few maritime historians who won't find something new and interesting amongst these studies. A fascinating history that contains many lessons for those currently involved in the maritime industries. A fascinating history that contains many lessons for those currently involved in the maritime industries. A collection that considers a very wide range of the functional aspects of Britain's relative and absolute maritime decline. Within the confines of 220 pages these studies provide a concise and valuable insight into some of the economic, political and social forces that have helped to reduce Britain's former maritime pre-eminence ... recommended to all who would wish to widen their nautical horizons.

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