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Book SynopsisExploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital but changing relationship with the sea since the late nineteenth century.
Trade ReviewThe 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. * The Great Circle, Vol. 23, No. 2 *
A fascinating history that contains many lessons for those currently involved in the maritime industries. * Asia Pacific Shipping *
A fascinating history that contains many lessons for those currently involved in the maritime industries. * Work Boat World Magazine *
A collection that considers a very wide range of the functional aspects of Britain's relative and absolute maritime decline. * International Journal of Maritime History *
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. * The Mariner’s Mirror *
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the maritime dimension of the British economy, David J. Starkey
- Climax and climacteric - the British coastal trade 1870-1930, John Armstrong
- Britain's shipping interests since 1930, Alan G. Jamieson
- Dockyards and dockyard towns 1880-1939
- Naval procurement and the British shipbuilding industry 1945-1964, Lewis Johnman and Anthony Gorst
- Cornish fish and Norwegian ice, Tony Pawlyn
- The development of the British distant-water trawling industry 1890-1939, Robb Robinson
- Yachting and aquatic recreation 1890-1960, Janet Cusack
- 20th-century seaside tourism strategies, Nigel Morgan
- British shipping and the British economy since 1870 - a retrospective view, Sidney Pollard.
