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The British Whaling Trade.
This book provides a comprehensive economic history of the British Whaling Trade, divided into two eras of significant technological difference.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Liverpool University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Research in Maritime History LUP.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables in the Text; List of Appendices; New Introduction; Preface; PART ONE: The Traditional Whaling Trades, 1604-1914; Chapter 1: Northern Adventures and the Spitsbergen Trade, c. 1604-1670; Chapter 2: Lost Hopes and Expensive Failures, c. 1670-1750; Chapter 3: The Rise of the Greenland Trade, 1750-1783; Chapter 4: The Boom in the Northern Fishery, 1783-c. 1808; Chapter 5: Expansion South of the Arctic Seas, c. 1776-c. 1808; Chapter 6: Decline in the North in the Early Nineteenth Century.
- Chapter 7: Expansion and Failure of the Southern Fishery, c. 1808-1840Chapter 8: The End of the Northern Fishery in the late Nineteenth Century; PART TWO: The Modern Whaling Trade, 1904-1963; Chapter 9: New Whaling Techniques; Chapter 10: New Whaling Areas; Chapter 11: Advances in Oil Technology; Chapter 12: Expanding Fleets and the New Fishing Grounds, 1919-1920; Chapter 13: Crisis and Contraction, 1929-1932; Chapter 14: Regulated Recklessness, 1932-1939; Chapter 15: The Final Fling, 1945-1963; Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Additional Bibliography; Index.