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This work is a reprint of a 1962 book, British Shipping and World Competition, by maritime economist Dr S.G. Sturmey. It seeks to explain why the tonnage of ships registered in the United Kingdom declined from forty-five percent of the world total in 1900, to sixteen percent by 1960. It presents fou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sturmey, S. G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: St. John's, Newfoundland : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2010.
Series:Research in maritime history ; no. 42.
Subjects:
Merchant marine > Great Britain.
Shipping > Great Britain > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Merchant marine
Shipping
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The problem defined
  • High water: the pre-1914 period
  • War and reconstruction
  • The troubled years: the interwar period
  • Nationalism in shipping in the interwar years
  • The birth of liberty
  • The prosperous age: the postwar period
  • Enemies of competition in the postwar years
  • Flags of convenience
  • Economics of shipping enterprises
  • Shipowning and resource allocation
  • Labour relations and labour costs / Basil Mogridge
  • The conference system
  • The structure of the British industry
  • The question answered
  • Epilogue: The future
  • Appendix: The contribution of British shipping to the balance of payments.

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