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Palgrave Studies in Economic History: The Transformation of Maritime Professions (Hardcover)

This book deals with the economic impact of technological changes and the rise of passenger shipping on social relations on board and ashore in European shipping industries between c.1850 and 2000. The changes in motive power communication techniques... more

Studies in Maritime History: Lewis Coolidge and the Voyage of the Amethyst 1806-1811 (Hardcover)

A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes the man who accompanied Paul Revere on his legendary midnight ride. An adventurous spirit... more

Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History: War and Trade in Maritime East Asia (Paperback)

This book is divided into two parts. One is the state of trade in East Asia before and after the collapse of the tributary system to the Ming Dynasty and the other is the war of aggression in which Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan sent a large number of... more

Studies in Labour History Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights 1906-2006 Book 18 (Hardcover)

Winner of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Prize for 2023 Maritime workers occupy a central place in global labour history. This new and compelling account from Australia shows seafaring and waterside unions engaged in a... more

Norwegian sailors in American waters; a study in the history of maritime activity on the eastern seaboard. 1933 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare Biblio�... more

Studies in Labour History Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights 1906-2006 Book 18 (Paperback)

Winner of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Prize for 2023 Maritime workers occupy a central place in global labour history. This new and compelling account from Australia shows seafaring and waterside unions engaged in a... more

Palgrave Studies in Economic History: Behind the Iron Curtain: Economic Historians During the Cold War 1945-1989 (Hardcover)

This edited volume offers a systematic exploration of the relations between Western and Eastern scientists during the Cold War from the Eastern European perspective using the example of economic history. Introducing famous as well as almost forgotten... more

The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery (Paperback)

William Desborough Cooley (1795-1883) was a geographer and historian the author of a collection of influential texts on the development of geographical study and a key founding member of the Hakluyt Society. First published as a complete set in 1831 as... more

Exeter Studies in History: First Portuguese Colonial Empire (Paperback)

The four essays in this book examine aspects of Portugal s first overseas empire the maritime and commercial empire that was founded in the fifteenth century and which during the sixteenth century extended from Brazil to China. more

Maynooth Studies in Irish Local History: Mackerel and the Making of Baltimore County Cork : 1879-1913 (Series #22) (Paperback)

What I like most about Fitzgeralds informed and well-presented pamphlet is this: wherever I go on our maritime coast I see - frequently in pubs - old pictures depicting busy harbours of yesteryear piled high with barrels for herring or mackerel and... more

Cass Series: Naval Policy and History: Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)

This is the first academic study of India s emerging maritime strategy and offers a systematic analysis of the interplay between Western military thought and Indian maritime traditions. By a quirk of historical fate Europe embarked on its Age of... more

Cass Series: Naval Policy and History: Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)

This is the first academic study of India s emerging maritime strategy and offers a systematic analysis of the interplay between Western military thought and Indian maritime traditions. By a quirk of historical fate Europe embarked on its Age of... more