The Economic History of British Shipbuilding, 1870-1914
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Author | : Sidney Pollard |
Publisher | : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : Gordon H. Boyce |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2024-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1835532896 |
Celebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels transported in bulk essential minerals and ores, grains, timber, and other commodities and played a vital role in creating the modern global economy. While the histories of some individual tramp firms have been written, this book uses personal correspondence and surviving company records to chart the development of the entire industry - the largest in the world- during a period of transformational technical change. Who were the bold, risk-takers who founded tramp firms? How did they mobilise the resources needed to enter this dynamic sector, build immense companies, and accumulate vast fortunes? Why did others fail? This study reveals how executives learned ‘the art’ of managing tramps and developed strategic networking skills. Tramp shipping resonates with many of today’s high-growth industries: it was an information intensive, high stress operation that required rapid - sometimes instinctive - decision-making within a turbulent market. Building business networks was supported by a distinctive culture that streamlined communication. This innovative study places information, knowledge, learning, culture, and communication at the centre of the analysis in order to transport readers into the minds of those fascinating entrepreneurs who helped build the modern world.
Author | : William Henry Bassano Court |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Liam Kennedy |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1985 |
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ISBN | : 9780719018275 |
Author | : Professor Michael Ball |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2001-04-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134540302 |
This is the first comprehensive survey of the economic development of the world's first great industrial metropolis. Modern theories of urban economics are used to shed new light on the process of change in the city.
Author | : Roderick Floud |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 636 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521527378 |
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Author | : J. R. Parkinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107601428 |
This 1960 volume offers a description, in non-technical language, of the state of the British shipbuilding industry.
Author | : Mr Rex Pope |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2002-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134934963 |
All students of history use maps. This atlas is designed specifically to enhance the understanding of British history since 1700, as well as emphasizing social as well as economic change. The contributors are all subject specialists who have taught in higher education institutions, and a large proportion of both maps and text is based on their own original research. The combination of maps and text is intended to illustrate not only historical developments, such as the spread of agriculture or the growth of an integrated transport system, but also regional contrasts at points in time. The end product offers support for those historians who question the usefulness of thinking in terms of national economic histories.
Author | : Robin Craig |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2017-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786949113 |
This study explores the history of tramp-shipping in the United Kingdom, between 1750 and 1914. It defines ‘tramp’ as steamships exclusively hulled with iron or steel. The purpose of the journal is to keep the history of tramp-shipping from fading into obscurity, as the author believes the tramp steamer does not invoke sentimentality nor provide enough glamour to sustain the same level of maritime interest enjoyed by sailing ships or ocean liners. The study is split into four major sections, the first concerning tramp-shipping, ownership, and capital formation; the second concerning trade, specifically copper ore and African guano; the third studies tramp seamen - particularly sea masters; and the final and largest section considers individual tramp-shipping regions, further subdivided by region - Wales, the Northwest, the West Country, the Northeast, the Southeast, and Canada. The volume is punctuated with statistics, tables, charts, glossaries, and concludes with a bibliography of author Robin Craig’s further maritime writing.