"Those emblems of hell"? : European sailors and the maritime labour market, 1570-1870 /

This volume collects a series of reports from maritime historians across Europe, aiming to provide a coherent historical trajectory of the lives of European sailors and their dealings with the maritime labour market.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Royen, P. C. van (Editor), Lucassen, Jan (Editor), Bruijn, Jaap (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: St. John's, Newfoundland : [Place of publication not identified] : International Maritime Economic History Association ; Oxford University Press USA : Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Series:Research in maritime history ; no. 13.
Subjects:
Merchant mariners > Europe > History.
Sailors > Europe > History.
Merchant mariners > Supply and demand > Europe.
Merchant marine > Europe > History.
Shipping > Economic aspects > Europe > History.
Privateering.
Marins (Marine marchande) > Europe > Histoire.
Marins > Europe > Histoire.
Marins (Marine marchande) > Offre et demande > Europe.
Marine marchande > Europe > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Merchant marine.
Merchant mariners.
Merchant mariners > Supply and demand.
Sailors.
Shipping > Economic aspects.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; The 'National' Maritime Labour Market: Looking for Common Characteristics; The International Maritime Labour Market (Sixteenth- Nineteenth Centuries); Career Patterns; Labour Conditions; Maritime Labour in the Netherlands, 1570-1870; English Sailors, 1570-1775; British Sailors, 1775-1870; Scottish Sailors; Iceland; The International Labour Market for Seamen, 1600- 1900: Norway and Norwegian Participation; Finnish Sailors, 1750-1870; Danish Sailors, 1570-1870; German Sailors, 1650-1900.
  • Sailors in the Southern Netherlands and Belgium (16th- 19th Centuries)The Labour Market for Sailors in France; The Labour Market for Sailors in Spain, 1570- 1870
  • Notes from an Outsider.

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